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The article completely overlooked one of the greatest benefits of a copy-on-write file system, which is snapshots. APFS is able to create snapshots of entire vo
by poikroequ 2y ago
The article completely overlooked one of the greatest benefits of a copy-on-write file system, which is snapshots. APFS is able to create snapshots of entire volumes near instantaneously, and is used by Time Machine for performing backups.
- paipa 2y agoI wish they opened it up more and give us the tools to manage snapshots. Time Machine gives you no guarantees, it'll prune them when it sees fit, so I don't trust it. I wish I could give up my clunkier setup for APFS snapshots.