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Category Archive: Technology

Explainers: Sparse things

Sparse bundles, sparse files, and sparse matrices explained in a nutshell, and how a sparse bundle could have a band which is a sparse file containing a sparse matrix.

April 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: How efficient are backups?

Does Big Sur’s Time Machine preserve sparse files and clones when backing up to APFS volumes?

April 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Big Sur has changed how macOS formats time

How Apple made changes to Foundation routines which format dates and times which can break their formatting when in 12-hour clock mode.

April 8, 2021 Macs, Technology

Precize now informs you of sparse files and clones

Adds support for reporting whether a file is a sparse file, or has been cloned, in Big Sur.

April 7, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Big Sur’s Dock & Menu Bar pane remains a mess

A good improvement appears to have been abandoned unfinished and suffering from bugs. Will Apple fix these and finish it off in 11.3?

April 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Bugs and problems in the log: updates for 6 apps

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Consolation, Ulbow, Mints, T2M2, Cirrus and Taccy all updated to cope with increasing complexity and unreliability of the unified log.

April 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 93

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 93. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Which […]

April 5, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Exploring sparse files and potential clones with Sparsity 1.2

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New version searches for sparse files and clones, reporting their individual sizes and totals for the folder or volume examined.

April 5, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: APFS and pursuit of the free lunch

Can APFS really store more on disk using sparse files and clones? Is there such a thing as a free lunch, or do these tricks have a cost?

April 4, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 93

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Which modifier […]

April 3, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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