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> Also, APFS removes the most common way of a user achieving local data redundancy: copying files. A copied file in APFS actually creates a lightweight clone wi
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
> Also, APFS removes the most common way of a user achieving local data redundancy: copying files. A copied file in APFS actually creates a lightweight clone with no duplicated data.
No, it doesn't. APFS supports copying files, if you want that. It's just that the default in Finder is to make a “clone” (copy-on-write).
- ahl 10y agoFair enough; and right now cp doesn't use the fast clone functionality, but it assuredly will. I'm not sure 'cat <file >file.dup' is reasonable for most users.
- ghshephard 10y agoJust teach everyone to use dd instead - dd if=file of=file.dup :-)
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoIf they patched it to use a different syscall, maybe.