When do sparse files explode to full size, and how could you preserve them in transit? Can you copy clones or snapshots? How to preserve extended attributes?
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I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 276. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Armour, […]
Focussing on sparse bundles and UDIF read-write disk images, this explains their types, structure, how their size can change, and how fast they are in use.
The Finder uses a small grammar, which ensures its consistency. iCloud Drive is already an exception with evicted files, and pinning is highly inconsistent, and not designed for humans.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Armour, postal […]
As Mac hard disks grew larger, fragmentation of file data, file system metadata and free space slowed the disk down. Here’s how we used to solve that.
Overnight European time, Apple released a small but urgent update to macOS Sequoia, bringing it to version 15.0.1. […]
In Sequoia, XProtect’s data is now updated in a different way. Does this change its capabilities, though? A quick dip into YARA files has the answer.
From dispatch of a new automatic backup, through computing which items need to be backed up, cleaning up snapshots and old backups, to success at the end.
Pinning files and folders in iCloud Drive behaves differently, and can readily become frustrating. Behaviours explained, with an update to Cirrus to housekeep pinned files.
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