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Hierarchical File System

Apple file system for macOS
CreativeWork File System Q1058465

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
file system
Inception
September 17, 1985[5]
Followed by
HFS Plus[2]
Developer
Apple Inc.[3]
File extension
hfs[6]
Operating system
Classic Mac OS[4]
Replaces
Macintosh File System[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en HFS en Hierarchical File System de HFS es Hierarchical File System fi HFS fr HFS he מערכת הקבצים ההיררכית he מערכת קבצים היררכית (HFS) ja HFS ko 계층적 파일 시스템 ko 계층 파일 시스템 nl HFS pl HFS pl Mac OS Standard pt Hfs pt Sistema de Arquivos Hierárquico ru Hierarchical File System sv HFS zh HFS zh Hierarchical File System
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Described at URL
www.sweetscape.com, developer.apple.com, macjournals.com
File Format Wiki page ID
HFS
Freebase ID
/m/0fd8v
Gentoo Wiki article
HFS
OSDev article ID
2769
ScienceDirect topic ID
computer-science/hierarchical-file-system

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🔗 Connections
← Readable file format 2
B1 Free Archiver, disktype
Developer 1
Apple Inc.
Followed by 1
HFS Plus
Followed by (predecessor) 1
HFS Plus
Instance of 1
file system
Operating system 1
Classic Mac OS
Replaces 1
Macintosh File System
← Facet of 1
resource fork
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Summary

Hierarchical File System is a file system[1].

Related Entities

Apple Inc. Classic Mac OS file system HFS Plus Macintosh File System

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . macjournals.com. Retrieved . macjournals.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Apple Inc.
    ScienceDirect topic ID → computer-science/hierarchical-file-system
    Replaces → Macintosh File System
    Described at URL → https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/Drive., https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac, http://macjournals.com/~mwj/mwj_samples/MWJ_20030525.pdf
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OSDev article ID: 2769, Matched to HFS (#299326495) in OSDev articles #mix'n'match"
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