HFSExplorer is completely free; it’s a basic application designed to help users read. Mojave does convert drives to APFS if it is a SSD drive not a standard drive, this occurred when trying to install Catalina saying it isn’t a APFS drive this occurred when it came up to select a drive to install Catalina on it wouldn’t select my Mac HD but it did select my backup external drive that I use to backup my hard drive.
In my MacBook Pro mid-2010 running High Sierra 10.13.6, I'm upgrading the drive to a 1 GB SSD (SanDisk 3D SSD). I replaced the drive, booted with another external backup drive, formatted the new internal SSD to APFS, and then used Disk Utility to restore the old drive to the new.
This process converted the SSD to regular Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatting. When I select either the drive or the volume and go to Edit > Convert to APFS, it is greyed out. This happens whether I boot from the internal SSD or the old drive externally (both High Sierra).
How can I convert the SSD to APFS?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Format Apfs Pc
Posted on Nov 3, 2018 6:45 AM