TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

APFS: FILES AND CLONES

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Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

This article provides an overview of the APFS file system. It begins by describing the data structures that make up a file in APFS, then describes the clone operation that allows for efficient file duplication and how hard links work. The post concludes by describing how to use the author’s tool to inspect APFS file attributes.