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Some years ago, to avoid missing files when copying course materials to a different drive (e.g., a USB stick), I started copying (instead of symlinking) all files into the corresponding directory.
Obviously, the downside is that lots of duplicate files accumulate, including large files, like videos. So I thought about ways to deduplicate them... Some hours later:
TIL that on APFS, files copied via the Finder are cloned. So many of the “duplicate” files actually don’t take up extr…

Some years ago, to avoid missing files when copying course materials to a different drive (e.g., a USB stick), I started copying (instead of symlinking) all files into the corresponding directory.
Obviously, the downside is that lots of duplicate files accumulate, including large files, like videos. So I thought about ways to deduplicate them... Some hours later:
TIL that on APFS, files copied via the Finder are cloned. So many of the “duplicate” files actually don’t take up extr…

Some years ago, to avoid missing files when copying course materials to a different drive (e.g., a USB stick), I started copying (instead of symlinking) all files into the corresponding directory.
Obviously, the downside is that lots of duplicate files accumulate, including large files, like videos. So I thought about ways to deduplicate them... Some hours later:
TIL that on APFS, files copied via the Finder are cloned. So many of the “duplicate” files actually don’t take up extr…