On Jan 9, 2023, at 8:02 AM, Doc Shipley via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 1/8/23 23:21, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: >> On 1/8/23 8:41 PM, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote: >>> I avoid Disk Utility like the plague. >> Doc, will you please elaborate on why you avoid the Disk Utility (.app)? > > Short version is that the GUI Disk Utility hides too much of what it's doing > AND, more to the point, makes assumptions by default. Yes, it's possible to > override the default but after [holy crap!] 2 decades of using it I still > have to fumble around. > > I much prefer the command-line "diskutil". It's the same tool, I guess, but > the CLI demands explicit control. In almost every operation that writes to > disk, if you leave out a parameter the operation doesn't happen. Bonus, you > can get very detailed diagnostic info. > > Plus, you know... I'm still a little averse to pointy clicky. > > > Doc
I think I can answer this one myself, after looking at the few images I’ve created. Based on the size, and not digging deeper, it looks like the “dmg” format only stores what it has to, so it doesn’t appear to be a byte-for-byte copy. Zane
