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- Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:44 pm
- Forum: Development
- Topic: macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Replies: 2
- Views: 24834
Re: macOS 10.15 Catalina
The true paths are actually (for example): /System/Volumes/Data/usr/local And I assume that macOS will firmlink this to the root of the read-only system volume, i.e. to the actual / … which is why I think that the default file structure you will see in Finder (and also in the shell) will be the same...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:53 am
- Forum: Development
- Topic: macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Replies: 2
- Views: 24834
macOS 10.15 Catalina
Catalina will have a dedicated read-only system volume, and for that Apple have created a new filetype called firmlink . Users won't be able to create firmlinks, except for volume share mount points. Pretty interesting stuff. https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/363443 https://forums.developer...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: Ideas and Feature Requests
- Topic: 3 ideas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 27988
Re: 3 ideas
It's not a weird convention. It's the only valid convention. At the core macOS is a Unix system, and Unix only knows copy and move when it comes to files. In the GUI it's slightly different from the direct approach with cp & mv, but still close enough: CMD-C copies the file path, and then you decide...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:36 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Default file browser?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7254
Re: Default file browser?
Sadly that solution doesn't work in every case. Some apps use AppleEvents or AppleScript or something, and actually call Finder specifically to reveal a path, and then Finder will activate. It's annoying. But in many scenarios it works fine. You could always try to change Finder's Info.plist in /Sys...
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:29 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Version 1.2.5 released
- Replies: 11
- Views: 52237
Re: Version 1.2.5 released
Unmounting of APFS-formatted DMGs stopped working all of a sudden. I tested it immediately after installation, and it worked fine, and now I have two DMG volumes that won't unmount. (One of them worked before.) Hmmm…
But otherwise: thank you for the update!
But otherwise: thank you for the update!
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:03 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9750
Re: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
Another thing: Apple actually forces you to use the ACL method, if you want certain functionality. Way back when, maybe on Mac OS X 10.5. or 10.6 they removed the UNIX flag uunlnk (user no-unlink); it's still in the XNU source code, but commented out: https://github.com/opensource-apple/xnu/blob/mas...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:23 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Possible to search for extended attributes?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4929
Possible to search for extended attributes?
Is there a way to use Nimble Commander's Find dialog to search for extended attributes? For example, you have tagged files with "com.apple.metadata:Tag1" and "com.apple.metadata:Tag2" etc., and you want to quickly find the files with tags as xattr, or want to find all quarantined files in your home ...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:32 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9750
Re: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
I understand. Would be cool, though. :) And yeah, ACLs are actually pretty great. Apple uses them too for some system locations. I use them a lot on important folders, e.g. in my home directory like ~/Applications, ~/Developer, ~/Developer/Applications, ~/.cache, ~/.local, ~/.local/bin etc. It's a s...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:54 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9750
Re: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
If you do change your mind at some point in the future, the interface would be straight-forward, something like this.
In the meantime, maybe I can cook up some solution for myself.
In the meantime, maybe I can cook up some solution for myself.
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:46 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9750
Re: [INFO] Mojave: UF_DATAVAULT / [Q] ACLs [DONE]
Thank you! Too bad about ACLs, though. I actually use them, mostly to restrict write access to certain folders, e.g. Desktop. Apple seems to use them a lot to protect default system folders, also in the user's home folder. It's actually an awesome tool to have finetuned control over your system. But...