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What is Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF)? – Computerworld

Apple stealthily introduced Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF), a new sparse disk image format for Apple Silicon, at WWDC; among other features, it might also help Macs remain the best PCs on which to run Windows. That somewhat counter-intuitive claim is because the new format dramatically improves the efficiency with which Apple Silicon Macs run virtual machines (VMs) by boosting read/write…