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Not to downplay the importance of this, but it reads as clickbait that you wait until the second paragraph to say "oh yeah, it's only sparsebundles. Just those
by voldemort1968 9y ago
Not to downplay the importance of this, but it reads as clickbait that you wait until the second paragraph to say "oh yeah, it's only sparsebundles. Just those things that almost nobody uses."
- xref 9y agowe use encrypted sparsebundle images to hold sensitive data: ssh keys, SSL keys, license files. I doubt I'm the only one, this is pretty important to our business.
- zbentley 9y agoEh, it's a minority but not an "almost nobody" minority. There are plenty of pieces of software even besides CCC that rely on/give prominent options for the use of sparsebundles. It's more like "the latest OS update leaves you vulnerable to malicious javascript everywhere, but only if you use Opera". It's a minority of users, sure, but it's still really important information to note.
- yborg 9y agoYes, nobody - like for example Apple, to implement Time Machine. But now perhaps I better understand why Time Machine backups aren't supported on APFS.