Just upgraded to OS High Sierra

[mjb]

FLAC playback in the finder (and quick view) is a major reason to upgrade! Finally! Thank you Apple! Also, my impression is that network file sharing (SMB) is much smoother/faster. I really haven't come across any negatives yet, it seems solid and smoother all round... APFS on spinning hardware is not yet implemented/supported, but so what? That will come sooner or later.

 

[mjb]

I’d hold off on deploying APFS with spinning disks for the time being, Apple disabled it in the later betas and final release for a reason. 

[mjb]

6 hours ago, tmtomh said:

 

Holy sh*t - I'd completely forgotten that this new capability was a possible feature! So glad it made it into the final version - major convenience. Personally I use iTunes with ALAC files, but even so, much of the music I download comes in FLAC format, and I secure-rip and archive all my CDs in FLAC format. So this will make things much more convenient for me, and I imagine many other folks here.

 

This also means iTunes now can - or I should say could - play FLAC as well, since the same underlying part of the OS would be used to enable iTunes and the Finder to play it. I guess I can understand why Apple has not (yet) enabled that functionality on iTunes, as some more work would be required to do so seamlessly in iTunes, but I'm hopeful that iTunes will soon add FLAC capability.

 

Yes, I'm surprised there hasn't been more excitement about it to be honest. My library is mostly FLAC, and previewing was previously a bit of a pain. Very happy now 

[mjb]

1 hour ago, Arnoldhasmail said:

Yes...did a reinstall today on the new Mac mini..it worked with icon previews for a few hours...then after a reboot...they disappeared...

I’ve noticed the same thing too... sometimes logging out and back in causes them to reappear for a while. https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

[mjb]

Yes, APFS seems a bit rushed... but they're being quick with the security fixes.