HFS
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HFS (Hierarchical File System), also known as Mac OS Standard format, is the native filesystem format of Apple's Mac OS operating system. It is the predecessor of HFS+.
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Identification
The ASCII characters "BD" appear at offset 1024.
Software
- Supported natively by Mac OS and OS X (read-only in newer versions).
- The Linux kernel optionally supports HFS (read+write).
- HFSExplorer
- hfsutils
- 7-Zip [Ed. note: Claims to support HFS, but we've had no luck with it.]
Sample files
- https://archive.org/details/cdrom-golden-orchard-12 → GoldenOrchard1.2.iso (APM format) → Golden Orchard.hfs
