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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 226

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 226. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Conversions in 2017 brought sparse files and clones.

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APFS

Stands for Apple File System: Conversions in 2017 (introduced in March 2017 in iOS 10.3, and macOS 10.13 that September, by converting boot volumes from HFS+ to APFS) brought sparse files and clones (two of its many new features compared with HFS+).

2: Sharing files on port 548 from System 6 to macOS 11.

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AFP

Stands for Apple Filing Protocol: Sharing files (it’s a network file service) on port 548 (its standard network port) from System 6 (when it first appeared) to macOS 11 (its server was dropped from Big Sur, although AFP clients remain supported).

3: Carnegie and Mellon distributed to thousands.

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AFS

Stands for the Andrew File System: Carnegie and Mellon (named in honour of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, co-founders of Carnegie Mellon University) distributed (it’s a distributed file system) to thousands (it can support more than 25,000 clients).

The common factor

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They are easily confused abbreviations for different file systems/services.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.