APFS does not provide checksums for user data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/a-zfs-developers-analysis-of-the-good-and-bad-in-apples-new-apfs-file-system/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044416/https://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/06/a-zfs-developers-analysis-of-the-good-and-bad-in-apples-new-apfs-file-system/|url-status=dead|title=A ZFS developer’s analysis of the good and bad in Apple’s new APFS file system|date=June 26, 2016|archivedate=February 2, 2017|website=Ars Technica}}</ref> It also does not take advantage of byte-addressable [[non-volatile random-access memory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-apples-apfs-wont-last-30-years/|title=Why Apple's APFS won't last 30 years|author=Robin Harris|date=June 24, 2016|website=[[ZDNet]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/2016/06/19/apfs-part1/ | author=Adam Leventhal | title=APFS in Detail: Overview | date=June 19, 2016 | access-date=October 1, 2017 | df=mdy-all}}</ref>
