Apple Partition Map

filesystem

Apple Partition Map Disk Image is specific to describing the contents and structure of Apple Partition Map (APM) partition scheme, it can be thought of as a container format for multiple filesystem image files. It was developed by Apple in around 1988 with the introduction of Apple Partition Map scheme on Macintosh II, a scheme that defines how the data is organized on a singular disk. A disk image is a uncompressed copy of the contents of a disk or a folder, it can facilitate certain types of backup and recovery strategies. Please see ID: fdd000348 from Library of Congress and other links attached to this entry for further information.

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• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/filesystem/iso9660.ksy — from the family

Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM fmt/1740
• Wikidata Q113866096

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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