Comment by seabass
2 years ago
Never understood why it had to be in the same folder. Can’t the os have its own little db somewhere that has a reference to each path?
2 years ago
Never understood why it had to be in the same folder. Can’t the os have its own little db somewhere that has a reference to each path?
The idea was that metadata, for example a file’s label, would travel across to whichever device you use the network drive from.
But classic Mac OS stored “Desktop DB” and “Desktop DF” at the root of each mounted drive, IIRC.
It seems like a better solution.
Yeah, because such devices are only made by Apple and can or should understand Apple's internal format.
Putting in in the folder is also nice in that it naturally gets deleted when the folder is deleted
All file operations have been watched by Spotlight since forever at this point.
Except for ignored file types and folders you marked as private.
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