Kbase Article of the Week: AppleCD SC: High Sierra CDs Are Accessed Like Any Other Volume →

I searched the kbase for “Sierra” for this week’s post and found a goodie:

Accessing the information on a CD-ROM volume isn’t much different than accessing the information on most magnetic disks, whether the CD-ROM discs use HFS (Hierarchical File System) for Macintosh files, ProDOS (Professional Disk Operating System) for Apple II files, or the High Sierra format for either system. Generally, if you know how to work with files and folders (subdirectories) on a hard disk, 3.5-inch disk, or 5.25-inch disk, you know how to work with the files on a CD-ROM under these formats.

High Sierra is a standard way of organizing the information on a CD-ROM. CD-ROM discs that conform to the High Sierra standard can be accessed from a variety of computers. The discs need not be customized for each different computer’s operating system. You don’t need to know anything about the High Sierra format to use High Sierra CD-ROM discs. You communicate with application programs as you always have.