Linux

Mounting APFS Partition on Linux
Original Version: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/apfs-partition-mount 

 apfs-fuse 

 Installation 

 We’ll need to compile the driver from source. For that reason, we’ll need to download and install the dependencies first. So, let’s go ahead and install them using a package manager. 

 On Debian, Ubuntu, and Debian-based derivatives, we can use apt : 

 $ sudo apt install fuse libfuse3-dev bzip2 libbz2-dev cmake gcc g++ git libattr1-dev zlib1g-dev 

 Similarly, we can use yum for Fedora and RHEL distributions: 

 $ sudo apt install fuse fuse3 bzip2 cmake gcc g++ git libattr zlib 

 Next, let’s clone the repository into an empty directory: 

 $ git clone https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse 

 Then, we initialize the submodule: 

 

 $ cd apfs-fuse && git submodule update --init 

 Now, we’re ready to compile the driver: 

 $ mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make 

 Alternatively, the driver is also available on the Fedora package repository under the canonical name apfs-fuse . 

 Once the driver is installed, let’s verify it: 

 $ whereis apfs-fuse

apfs-fuse: /usr/bin/apfs-fuse 

 Mounting APFS Drive 

 apfs-fuse follows the Linux convention for mounting and unmounting filesystems: 

 $ mount <DEVICE> <MOUNT_PATH> 

 With that in mind, let’s mount an APFS drive using the apfs-fuse helper: 

 

 $ apfs-fuse /dev/sdd1 /mnt/apfs-data 

 Similarly, we can specify the mount options using -o : 

 $ mount -o allowother /dev/sdd1 /mnt/apfs-data 

 Unmounting APFS Drive 

 In the same way, we can unmount the partition as root using umount : 

 $ umount /mnt/apfs-data 

 As a user, we can use the fusermount utility: 

 $ fusermount -u /mnt/apfs-data