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  2. Extended file attributes - Wikipedia

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    macOS supports listing, [18] getting, [19] setting, [20] and removing [21] extended attributes from files or directories using a Linux-like API. From the command line, these abilities are exposed through the xattr utility. [22] Since macOS 10.5, files originating from the web are marked with com.apple.quarantine via extended file attributes. [23]

  3. Hierarchical File System (Apple) - Wikipedia

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    HFS Plus is still supported by current versions of Mac OS, but starting with Mac OS X, an HFS volume cannot be used for booting, and beginning with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), HFS volumes are read-only and cannot be created or updated. In macOS Sierra (10.12), Apple's release notes state that "The HFS Standard filesystem is no longer supported."

  4. EFI system partition - Wikipedia

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    On Apple Mac computers using Intel x86-64 processor architecture, the EFI system partition is initially left blank and unused for booting into macOS. [13] [14]However, the EFI system partition is used as a staging area for firmware updates [15] and for the Microsoft Windows bootloader for Mac computers configured to boot into a Windows partition using Boot Camp.

  5. Microsoft basic data partition - Wikipedia

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    A basic data partition can be formatted with any file system, although most commonly BDPs are formatted with the NTFS, exFAT, or FAT32 file systems. To programmatically determine which file system a BDP contains, Microsoft specifies that one should inspect the BIOS Parameter Block that is contained in the BDP's Volume Boot Record.

  6. Disk First Aid - Wikipedia

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    After analyzing the disk directory, Disk First Aid determines whether it is able to repair any damage that was detected. The utility can commonly only fix problems associated with the catalog/extents files and the volume bitmap. [4] Commonly, the program reports that there is an error, but cannot fix it. [3]

  7. Resource fork - Wikipedia

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    Starting with Mac OS X Tiger, AppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems such as Windows SMB shares and FAT32 (File Allocation Table) volumes. In the HFS Plus file system, settings can be made to allow other forks in addition to the data and resource forks, to create a "multi-fork" application. [2]

  8. Design of the FAT file system - Wikipedia

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    The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. [3] It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded systems , and thus is a well-suited file system for data exchange between computers and devices of almost any type and age from 1981 through to the present.

  9. Apple Disk Image - Wikipedia

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    Apple [1] Disk Image is a disk image format commonly used by the macOS operating system. When opened, an Apple Disk Image is mounted as a volume within the Finder.. An Apple Disk Image can be structured according to one of several proprietary disk image formats, including the Universal Disk Image Format (UDIF) from Mac OS X and the New Disk Image Format (NDIF) from Mac OS 9.