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RJVB / afsctool

This is a version of "brkirch"'s afsctool utility that allows end-users to leverage HFS+ compression.
https://brkirch.wordpress.com/afsctool
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Compressing inside Backups.backupdb folder? #27

Open Henrietta1989 opened 5 years ago

Henrietta1989 commented 5 years ago

Is it okay to compress text files inside Backups.backupdb folder?

RJVB commented 5 years ago

Is it okay to compress text files inside Backups.backupdb folder?

If this is a location used by an Apple backup service I would expect them to be compressed already. But if not: yes, it should be OK. But as always, be certain that you don't compress files that are currently in use.