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Does macOS support labeled snapshots instead of time-based ones yet? Is there a way to tell the OS that a certain snapshot never expires? Does disabling and the
by pxc 3y ago
Does macOS support labeled snapshots instead of time-based ones yet? Is there a way to tell the OS that a certain snapshot never expires? Does disabling and then reenabling Time Machine still delete all your snapshots?
- throw0101a 3y agoGoing into Disk Utility, and selecting View > (Show/Hide) APFS Snapshots I got a list. The most recent one on my system was called "com.apple.TimeMachine.2023-07-15-131420.local". I right-clicked on it and changed "2023-07-15-131420.local" to "foo" and, after a warning, it renamed it (only the com.apple seems to be mandatory): * https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/disk-utility/dskuf82354dc/mac https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/disk-utility/dskuf8235... Running "tmutil listlocalsnapshots /" the new "foo" named one shows up. Various CLI stuff that can be done: * https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/56681-working-with-macos-snapshots/ https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/56681-working-with-macos-sna... * https://old.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/zymnlz/apfs_time_machine_backups_accessible_via_the_cli/ https://old.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/zymnlz/apfs_time_machi...
- abathur 3y agoI don't think this affects localsnapshots expiring, though. Also, apfs.util has a flag for restoring a snapshot (but I haven't been able to figure out the syntax).