Ralf11 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 2 hours ago, jhwalker said: That's for individual files / folders, not the file system, per se. I guess you COULD compress your boot disk, but I've never seen that be anything but a hassle. I also don't encrypt my boot disk, as my computer is never outside my house, and there's nothing on it anyone would want, in any case you can compress a folder of any size - it's just not automated any more but, it will solve his problem - NOT as well as adding the very low cost storage we have now, of course... Link to comment
kirkmc Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 9 hours ago, Ralf11 said: you can compress a folder of any size - it's just not automated any more but, it will solve his problem - NOT as well as adding the very low cost storage we have now, of course... This has never been automated on the Mac. What is automatic is FileVault, which is whole-disk encryption. I write about Macs, music, and more at Kirkville. Author of Take Control of macOS Media Apps. Co-host of The Next Track podcast. Link to comment
wgscott Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 HFS+ compression of system files, where a bunch of stuff gets slotted into the resource forks of the files, would happen automatically for system files. It could save quite a bit of space when applied to ascii files. Presumably, that went out the window with the new disk format (or maybe they have something that replaces it?). It didn't do much of anything for music files (I tried it manually). Ralf11 1 Link to comment
Sevenfeet Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 5:45 AM, wgscott said: HFS+ compression of system files, where a bunch of stuff gets slotted into the resource forks of the files, would happen automatically for system files. It could save quite a bit of space when applied to ascii files. Presumably, that went out the window with the new disk format (or maybe they have something that replaces it?). It didn't do much of anything for music files (I tried it manually). Huh? Resource forks haven't been a thing since OS 9. Link to comment
wgscott Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 21 minutes ago, Sevenfeet said: Huh? Resource forks haven't been a thing since OS 9. You might want to double-check that. (They carried over the HFS+ filesystem from OS 9, and only now -- after a false start with ZFS a few years ago, are finally changing over to a new (and badly needed) filesystem architecture.) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6/3/ https://jonsview.com/mac-os-x-resource-forks All of HFS+ compression, extended attributes, metadata, ACL, etc. was implemented via resource forks on HFS+, which is one of the reasons HFS+ is such a mess. Link to comment
Sevenfeet Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, wgscott said: You might want to double-check that. (They carried over the HFS+ filesystem from OS 9, and only now -- after a false start with ZFS a few years ago, are finally changing over to a new (and badly needed) filesystem architecture.) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6/3/ https://jonsview.com/mac-os-x-resource-forks All of HFS+ compression, extended attributes, metadata, ACL, etc. was implemented via resource forks on HFS+, which is one of the reasons HFS+ is such a mess. Yes, OS X has been using the resource forks for metadata. I was thinking of application developers using it as it was originally intended since the early days of the Mac. Link to comment
wgscott Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, Sevenfeet said: Yes, OS X has been using the resource forks for metadata. So, why the objection to "HFS+ compression .." ? Link to comment
Sevenfeet Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, wgscott said: So, why the objection to "HFS+ compression .." ? I never objected to it. I was puzzled by the use of resource forks thinking it was the original application for them 30 years ago. Link to comment
wgscott Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Sevenfeet said: Huh? Resource forks haven't been a thing since OS 9. That's not an objection? diecaster 1 Link to comment
Aegean Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I've upgraded my music server from 2010 Mac mini to 2018 Mac mini maxed out. Can't be happier. Wish if there was an option to go higher than 2TB SSD like 4-6TB would be ok. I just try to avoid as much as possible putting anything external. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 the option is to plug an ext. SSD into the Thumperdolt port or a mac pro should be renewed eventually - it is 5 years old now Link to comment
Axial Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I just recently bought a new iPad (9.7" - 6th gen), the non-curve model. I'm starting to like it more and more. The price was right. I'm in a new world now, higher. This is nice to have this thread for future questions. 🍎 Sound Matters Link to comment
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