I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 358. Here are my solutions to them.
1: Thinly dispersed line of people could save lots of space.
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sparse file
Thinly dispersed (sparse) line of people (a file) could save lots of space (what a sparse file can do).
2: Identical copy of rasp when duplicated.
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clone file
Identical copy (a clone) of rasp (a file) when duplicated (what is created when you duplicate a file in the Finder).
3: Steadfast 7.92 inch two-way volume connector.
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firmlink
Steadfast (firm) 7.92 inch (link, an old imperial measure of length equal to this) two-way volume connector (a firmlink is just that, between System and Data volumes).
The common factor
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They’re all distinctive features of the APFS file system.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.