Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Scott Granados
or with in a VM that runs with in a container on the native FS. No big deal either way. > On Nov 26, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The new file system is not a rumor it was talked about duringWWDC. Also, the > Arz Technica review of Sierra in

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > The new file system is not a rumor it was talked about duringWWDC. Also, the > Arz Technica review of Sierra included a bit about the new file system. The features are similar, but not identical to those of ZFS under Solaris and BTRFS

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The new file system is not a rumor it was talked about duringWWDC. Also, the Arz Technica review of Sierra included a bit about the new file system. Some of the key benefits are copy on write for individual blocks of a file, so if you tell the OS to duplicate a directory, it will not actually

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread E.T.
I suspect by the time this becomes reality that such concerns will be a non issue. Since none of us here are insiders, no one knows what is to come. What I find intriguing is how people want change (they look forward to the Apple events) then when rumors fly, they are none too thrilled.

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Bill Gallik
I honestly didn’t get the impression that Simon was “getting hot under the collar.” Rather, seems to me he was merely manifesting some concern that tools he uses might no longer be available. It’s improbable that those that are uncomfortable with change will not have such concerns; there’s no

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Simon, Why you getting hot under the collar? Every year Apple release a new OS and it has been clear that users want easier integration with their portable devices. Apple have not hidden their intentions upon making the user experience seamless across their devices. Do you really think

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Bill Gallik
I can’t imagine that Windows would be unable (BootCamp) to run on a non-Intel architecture. The user interface software typically does not interact with the platform hardware; the connection between the user interface (Windows/MacOS/Unix) and the hardware architecture is implemented via

Re: new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi Simon. How are yu? I hope is not true since I use windows on my Mac. I do have a windows computer, but carrying that to somewhere where I can just use a computer that has both operating systems is not very beneficial. I was considering in purchasing a new Mac computer next year and use

new file system

2016-11-26 Thread Simon Fogarty
Evening folks, Just wondering if anyone has heard about this new Apple File system that is seemingly to be released at some point next year! This apple training course I took last week the trainer was talking about it, Seemingly it will bring both Mac OS / OSX IOS Watch and tv OS devices in