FSKit: Implement a file system that runs in user space

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/fskit

by ingve • 1 year ago

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mrpippy• 1 year ago

macOS/iOS/iPadOS has used this internally for several years to implement various ancillary filesystems (like FAT), but macOS 15.4 is the first time it's been exposed as a supported API to 3rd parties.

schmidtleonard• 1 year ago

Ooh! After 20 years does this mean we might finally get network filesystem implementations that don't stall out Mac OS whenever there is network lag?

sa46• 1 year ago

Maybe not. The macFUSE issue suggests that networked file systems can be supported but some plumbing is missing.

https://github.com/macfuse/macfuse/issues/1025#issuecomment-...

leohonexus• 1 year ago

This is big. Hopefully no more relying on macFUSE which is unmaintained and a pain to install and work with.

dmitrygr• 1 year ago

MacFUSE is well maintained and has regular releases. Apple silicon support is good, and I just installed an update a few days ago.

It does require a KEXT which requires lowering boot signing strength, which is annoying

pjmlp• 1 year ago

Great, another step moving away from kexts into userspace alternatives.

FSKit: Implement a file system that runs in user space

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