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> I don't understand the use case for firm links Haven't watched the video yet, so I'm speculating. We know APFS doesn't support directory hard links, which me
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
> I don't understand the use case for firm links
Haven't watched the video yet, so I'm speculating. We know APFS doesn't support directory hard links, which means Time Machine can't back up to APFS. I'm guessing firm links are designed to fix this problem (perhaps among others).
- dwaite 7y agoI suspect they will eventually migrate time machine backups in one go to APFS+snapshots, then use the new ASR tool also mentioned in this talk to stream local time machine snapshots to the volume. I also suspect that will launch 'soon' (after September but possibly in March) , but I have to imagine the complexity and testing requirements for such a in-place migration are staggering.
- kccqzy 7y agoWith APFS supporting proper snapshots, I don't think you need directory hard links any more.