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That and implementation detail of the cp command, not an APFS feature. If I had to guess why, it would be because there are many cases where cp could not creat

That and implementation detail of the cp command, not an APFS feature. If I had to guess why, it would be because there are many cases where cp could not create a clone, such as copying to a network file system.

amichail 2y ago
MacOS could automatically determine whether a clone can be done though.
- themerone 2y ago
  The behavior of cp is standardized across multiple operating systems. It should do the same thing regardless of where it is run.