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Resolve a file’s path from its inode number

First Aid in Disk Utility, or fsck_apfs in Terminal, have given warnings or errors with id numbers. How do you work out which file or folder that refers to?

October 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

APFS: Beyond, to vfs and volfs

Other file systems, with an outline of vfs and vnodes used by the kernel, and how they’re important in checking code signatures.

April 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

Resolve inode numbers to file paths in Mints 1.15

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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.

September 18, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to identify the file responsible for a disk error

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.

August 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

There’s more to files than data: Attributes

Explaining inodes, names, dates, permissions, file types, and specialised attributes used for iCloud.

October 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

APFS, safe saves, inodes and the volfs file system

How can you refer to an important file or directory, no matter where it’s moved on a volume, even when it’s renamed?

September 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Do you use files and folders on your Mac? Then Precize 1.9 should be invaluable

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A quick tour of this unique utility, and a recommended update for it which brings control over text size, auto-updates, and more.

August 24, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Precize 1.4 is notarized and fully ready for Mojave

This update comes with full guidance on how to get the best from the app with Mojave’s privacy protection.

August 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

Updates: Precize 1.2, Revisionist 1.1, and KeychainCheck 2.0a4

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Precize has a fix useful for all users. All three gain easier updating, and full support for Mojave’s Dark Mode.

June 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

Quick copying makes Precize 1.1 more efficient

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Adds quick copying to 6 key values, making them much easier and more efficient to paste into other apps, and fixes a bug in Save.

May 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

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