Don't know about UDIF, but HFS+ does support transparent compression. There is an opensource tool called afsctool that will be able to convert your files into compressed state. Not sure whether the tool will work on Linux, as I think it uses build-in Mac OS X api. Mac OS Extended was introduced in 1998 for Mac OS 8.1, the previous iteration of the desktop operating system found on Apple's computers which ran on IBM's PowerPC processors.Marking the switch to. So, yes it appears HFS Compression is still a part of OS X El Capitan However, it does not appear to be a universal easy to use feature. Apple installs a lot of OS X components compressed. /bin/ls -leO@ -R /System grep compressed. I came across the tool afsctool (brew install afsctool), which can, via command-line, apply HFS+ compression to a folder and all files in it. But I believe it does not activates compression of future files moved to the folder. Moving files manually and running a.
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In the past, when Sky Drive was first created, the SkyDrive Sync Folder on my Computer was compressed via NTFS volume compression and once that happened, my files in SkyDrive got corrupted and I had to restore from a local backup. I dealt with MSFT Pro-Support who ultimately confirmed this to be a bug and fixed it, but the damage was already done when I lost all my files. Prior to the bug, if the NTFS volume was not compressed, everything was fine, but once the volume on which the SkyDrive Sync folder sat was compressed, the corruption would occur once the files synchronized.
Afsctool Hfs Compression For Mac Os
I need to avoid experiencing that problem with OneDrive and HFS+ volume compression so I need an official statement from Microsoft confirming the problem doesn't exist or stating it might exist and they have to test and certify the situation first, before guaranteeing full compatibility.
Afsctool Hfs Compression For Mac Osx
Oct 7, 2015 12:38 PM