We've heard rumors for a while that Apple's forthcoming Leopard operating system will use the next-generation file system called ZFS. Now it seems to be official. As MacRumors.com notes, Sun ...

Apple will not use Sun's ZFS file system in its upcoming Leopard OS, despite claims to the contrary by the inventor of ZFS, Sun. Sun's chief executive Jonathan Schwartz told a conference last ...

But that's only for non-system drives, right (i.e. one won't be able to boot from a ZFS-drive)? Click to expand... I would guess it depends how OS X manages file systems on boot. It can boot to NTFS, ...

This might actually happen this time around. Licensing issues can be dealt with contracts and money, and even if that doesn’t work out Apple can fork the last free version of ZFS which was a very ...

In 2008, Apple announced that we would see ZFS as part of Snow Leopard Server, but a year later our copies are shipping with ZFS nowhere to be found. What went wrong ...

Apple is preparing to release Mac OS X 10.5 ‘Leopard’ next spring, and seems set to confirm plans to support Sun’s ZFS filing system. A May report suggested such plans, when a Sun engineer revealed ...

Apple Computer is reported to be exploring the possibility of porting the open-source version of the Solaris ZFS file system into its OS X operating system Sun Microsystems is set to unveil Tuesday an ...

Sun spilled the beans about ZFS and Apple's upcoming OS X update, but what is ZFS, and how integral is it to Leopard? Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the ...

Awhile ago, there were rumors of Leopard getting Sun’s clean-sheet designed file system from the future, ZFS. OS X server is getting it in Snow Leopard, according to Apple’s preview page. The consumer ...

Apple Inc. collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the company’s culture. So when someone breaks the code of silence, it sets virtual seismographic needles scratching.

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s ...