Hacker News
- Folders with high file counts https://bombich.com/blog/2023/01/18/folders-high-file-counts 117 comments
- Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform 403 comments
- A bug in macOS 10.15.5 impacts bootable backups https://bombich.com/blog/2020/05/27/bug-in-macos-10.15.5-impacts-bootable-backups-weve-got-you-covered 22 comments
- MacOS may lose data on APFS-formatted disk images https://bombich.com/blog/2018/02/15/macos-may-lose-data-on-apfs-formatted-disk-images 180 comments
- Think twice before encrypting your HFS+ volumes on High Sierra https://bombich.com/blog/2017/09/29/think-twice-before-encrypting-your-hfs-volumes-on-high-sierra 73 comments
- Carbon Copy Cloner 5 https://bombich.com/features 2 comments
Lobsters
- macOS may lose data on APFS-formatted disk images https://bombich.com/blog/2018/02/15/macos-may-lose-data-on-apfs-formatted-disk-images 2 comments mac
- Carbon Copy Cloner - Snapshots / Backups and Ransomware infections http://www.bombich.com/kb/ccc6/leveraging-snapshots-on-apfs-volumes 5 comments mac
- Carbon Copy Cloner "best" external hard drive for daily backups? https://bombich.com/ 5 comments mac
- Beyond Bootable Backups: Adapting recovery strategies for an evolving platform https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform 10 comments apple
- An analysis of APFS enumeration performance on rotational hard drives https://bombich.com/blog/2019/09/12/analysis-apfs-enumeration-performance-on-rotational-hard-drives 53 comments apple
- macOS may lose data on APFS-formatted disk images https://bombich.com/blog/2018/02/15/macos-may-lose-data-on-apfs-formatted-disk-images 85 comments programming
- Think twice before encrypting your HFS+ volumes on High Sierra (they get converted to APFS encrypted volumes with no warning) https://bombich.com/blog/2017/09/29/think-twice-before-encrypting-your-hfs-volumes-on-high-sierra 6 comments apple
- Pondering the conversion from HFS+ to APFS | Carbon Copy Cloner tl;dr: Consider not immediately switching to APFS when High Sierra is released. https://bombich.com/blog/2017/07/07/pondering-conversion-from-hfs-apfs 21 comments apple
- Longtime OSX user: Looking to emulate Carbon Copy Cloner https://bombich.com/ 12 comments windows
Linking pages
- Don’t ever format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode | by Et cetera | Medium https://giuliomagnifico.medium.com/dont-ever-format-a-drive-of-m1-macs-from-recovery-mode-38f8676f20cd 259 comments
- Brilliant Hardware in the Valley of the Software Slump â by Craig Mod https://craigmod.com/essays/software_slump/ 123 comments
- APFS Bug in macOS 10.15.5 Catalina Impacts the Creation of Bootable Backups - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/28/apfs-bug-catalina-10-15-1-bootable-backups/ 54 comments
- How-to: replace your MacBook Air SSD with OWC’s Aura Pro Express | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/05/review-supersize-your-macbook-air-ssd-with-owcs-aura-pro-express/ 27 comments
- A Comprehensive Guide for Backing Up Apple Notes on Your Mac https://appledispatch.substack.com/p/comprehensive-guide-for-backing-up-apple-notes 19 comments
- macOS migrations with Brewfile - Open Folder http://openfolder.sh/macos-migrations-with-brewfile 18 comments
- How To: Apple MacBook Pro RAID 0 Array with 2 Intel X25-M SSDs — PaulStamatiou.com http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-apple-macbook-pro-raid-0-array-with-2-intel-x25-m-ssds 14 comments
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Riding a Mountain Lion http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/27985816073/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-riding-a-mountain-lion 4 comments
- 10 Free Mac applications You Can't Live Without http://maketecheasier.com/10-free-mac-applications-you-cant-live-without/2008/07/17 2 comments
- To Hell with Backups http://ksp_me.svbtle.com/to-hell-with-backups 2 comments
- What Happened When I Switched From Mac to Windows | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/rant-switching-from-mac-to-windows/ 1 comment
- Setting up my MacBook from Scratch - Casey Western https://caseywestern.com/setting-up-my-macbook-from-scratch 1 comment
- GitHub - iCHAIT/awesome-macOS: A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS. https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-osx 1 comment
- My Mac Apps https://joshstrange.com/my-mac-apps/ 1 comment
- OWC Aura Pro SSD for Retina MBP: Maximum Speed, Great Upgrade – The Mac Observer http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/review/owc-aura-pro-ssd-for-retina-mbp-maximum-speed-great-upgrade 1 comment
- GitHub - halloleo/cmpdisktree: Compare directories as (macOS) disk structures https://github.com/halloleo/cmpdisktree 1 comment
- macOS Configuration | Alchemists https://www.alchemists.io/projects/mac_os-config/ 0 comments
- Backing Up Photos. My approach to avoid losing any images | by Arthur Chang | Vantage | Medium https://medium.com/vantage/backing-up-photos-9ee825e7bc32#.rht95d3jw 0 comments
- GitHub - iCHAIT/awesome-macOS: A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS. https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS 0 comments
- macOS High Sierra Review: A Modern Snow Leopard? – 512 Pixels https://512pixels.net/2017/09/macos-high-sierra-review/ 0 comments