When backing up to an APFS Time Machine volume it does work a bit like that, at least no hard links are used any more: - https://eclecticlight.co/2021/03/11/ti

When backing up to an APFS Time Machine volume it does work a bit like that, at least no hard links are used any more: - https://eclecticlight.co/2021/03/11/time-machine-to-apfs-understanding-backups/ https://eclecticlight.co/2021/03/11/time-machine-to-apfs-und... - https://eclecticlight.co/2021/04/16/time-machine-to-apfs-using-a-network-share/ https://eclecticlight.co/2021/04/16/time-machine-to-apfs-usi...