How one of the serious bugs in macOS Sonoma 14.4 came about, why it was so serious, and how Apple released a fix in 7 days of it being reported.
FileProvider
Ever been tempted to turn on this feature, or maybe you use it already? Do you know how it works, and whether it preserves your files fully?
It lets you evict files so their data is only held in iCloud Drive, freeing up local space. But would to get into storage debt as a results?
How local files retain their extended attributes and versions when moved to iCloud Drive, but they’re not available to other Macs. Sparse files and storage economy as well.
Further insights into how iCloud Drive works using a folder of 20 small files. These reveal system limits including chunk size and throttling.
How Sonoma’s new FileProvider mechanism is reflected in log entries for the upload of a test file to iCloud Drive.
All you need to know about the main services in iCloud, the limits imposed on them by Apple, and how access to them can be controlled.
What was the biggest and most important change in macOS this year? Pets in the People album in Photos, AirTag sharing, or iCloud Drive?
iCloud Drive in Sonoma has changed beyond all recognition, and is now closely integrated with the FileProvider API. This has important effects, including how you can diagnose problems with the log.
Two different errors when backing up two different Macs, a recursive RTFD document, and APFS path length limits. But what’s this about FileProvider?
