How inode numbers can give important insights into the structure of the conjoined System and Data volumes, and help you navigate them.
APFS
Adds a new feature that will resolve an inode number, such as that given in an APFS error or warning, to give you the item name and path.
What’s in APFS, and what are its tools? How to interpret the version number, and what do we know has changed with different versions? How compatible are they?
When you’ve worked out which files or folders are causing errors in APFS, what can you do to ensure they don’t recur?
When you run First Aid, its reports an error with an inode. Here’s how to identify the item responsible by converting that inode number to a file path.
If you’re wondering how to store snippets of private info, sensitive files, or folders full of secrets, here’s how to use the right features in macOS.
How to protect collections of files using different encryption passwords, and making most efficient use of storage space.
Disk errors threaten your data: how to detect them, how to use First Aid in Disk Utility, how to use fsck, and what to do with the disk afterward.
Where to look for file metadata in the Finder, and how you can customise it, in spite of its apparent confusion. And how APFS takes care of extended attributes for you.
From its outset, APFS hasn’t tested the integrity of file data stored on it. Would this be a good idea, or should macOS switch to the ZFS file system instead?
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