RJVB/afsctool
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This is a version of "brkirch"'s afsctool utility that allows end-users to leverage HFS+ compression.
4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 1 story, 3 comments · first 2019-06-11 · latest 2025-02-25
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…anymore, what is wrong with you Apple ? This tool to enable compression is free and open source https://github.com/RJVB/afsctool Also note about APFS vs HFS+, if you use HDD e.g. as backup media for Time Machine, HFS+ is must have over…
comment by diimdeep · 2025-02-25 · in Hyperspace -
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Afsctool – apply transparent LZ compression to files/folders on OS Xstory by dschoon · 2021-09-17 · 1 comment
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…this does not handle binaries that are drag installed on macOS. You can find out more details here: https://github.com/RJVB/afsctool * UPX slows down app launch because you know have to decompress the entire executable before you launch…
comment by lgg · 2021-02-26 · in How Uber Deals with Large iOS App Size -
There is afsctool, git clone and build from https://github.com/RJVB/afsctool or brew install afsctool (an older version).
comment by lcnmrn · 2019-06-11 · in What’s New in Apple Filesystems [pdf]