Updated for 10.15 release, with a clearer explanation of how Catalina’s new boot Volume Group works in practice, in the Finder and Terminal.
Time Machine
Note: I have now updated this with the latest roadmaps for 10.15 release. A further article will follow […]
There are problems with backups of Photos Libraries and evicted items in iCloud Drive. Here are full details.
Snapshots are one of the crown jewels of APFS, and very powerful. Why then has Apple made them almost impossible to use?
Very few apps are able to make APFS snapshots – Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper! Why aren’t they more accessible?
A good way of restoring a volume which has been damaged is from a previous snapshot. How easy is it in practice, though?
Coming in just a few weeks now, if you’re going to upgrade early to Catalina, now’s the time to start preparing with these tips.
Keychains contain some of our most important and precious data, and are often shared with iOS devices using iCloud. How can you back them up then?
Catalina will change our boot disks substantially with its read-only system volume. Here’s an account of what we already have in Mojave.
What do we want? Time Machine backing up to APFS storage. When do we want it? Well, not quite yet.
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