Which are the best tools for the occasional user? For someone who creates disk images to distribute sofware? Or for hacking sparse bundles?
Disk Utility
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.
APFS or HFS+? Which can Time Machine back up to? What about hard disks? Which format for use on PCs? And which are supported by Disk Utility now?
What if you want to boot your Mac using two or more different versions of macOS, with different versions of APFS? Here’s how to avoid problems.
Originally two separate apps, they were brought together in Mac OS X, and have survived largely unscathed to Sequoia. Here are some highs and lows to remember.
If the Finder’s Get Info dialog may report inaccurate total file size, does that mean the folder sizes are also incorrect? And does this affect volumes too?
Union mounts let you merge the contents of two volumes without copying any files. Do they work as expected in Sonoma’s APFS, though?
This reference covers fsck_apfs, diskutil information, diskutil apfs, conversion of HFS+ to APFS, mount_apfs, and newfs_apfs.
Knowing a little about sparse and clone files in APFS is dangerous, as it can lead you to draw the wrong conclusions.
New version creates and maintains Case-sensitive APFS sparse bundles in addition to its previous range of formats.
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