A Base Filesystem Project for macOS(kext.io) |
A Base Filesystem Project for macOS(kext.io) |
Not to derail from this fine post, but I wanted to give a shoutout to FUSE for macOS (previously known as OSXFUSE). As an outsider from the project - merely a happy user - it seems to be a well maintained FUSE implementation for macOS, with signed kexts available. https://osxfuse.github.io/
Their lost a lot of their credibility in my opinion.
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Se...
It will also have have a workable implementation in what is essentially equivalent to the public domain, and be simple enough to process that hardware manufacturers can read it with a microcontroller.
I would love to see it happen, but I am not optimistic.
Another option is NTFS, the one limitation is by default it is read only on macOs.
I would not understate that it is also very simple to write a driver for. The reasons for this have high overlap with the fact that the ondisk structure is crap. But it does mean that many people were able to write drivers.
Just don't use USB keys; they're terrible security-wise and you're forced to use technology built for your grandmother.
I wish someone would port F2FS to Windows and macOS. This could be a good starting point for macOS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Restrictive_licensing_an...
I tend to just use ntfs for most of my external storage and cifs for network storage only because it's easier to get on my non-windows systems than nfs and ext3 are to get working on windows... ymmv though.
You mean dokany? 'cause that one is one quite stable project.
My use case was to store many large git repo clones and MP3s.
I don't use USB keys. I don't have any windows systems. But I do have UEFI, and that is based on FAT as well. Disregarding my grandmother's technical prowess, this technology is here to stay, and sticking your head in the sand about it doesn't advance any causes.
I live in an environment where I need to move files between several builds of Windows, Linux and macOS - and often where there is no network access because of security policy (misguided policy perhaps). Thumb Drives are the only way to function.
Oh, and the USB serial numbers of the keys had to be whitelisted on the secure network. What a fun that one was. They didn't even stop doing that after I showed them that I could modify the firmware of some of the sticks using software from some obscure Russian site and thus bypass the control...
(Does anyone know by chance how that website is/was named? All I remember is that it held hundreds of manufacturer tools for all kinds of USB stick controllers/flash chips)
Well that's jinxed it.
And that's why Linux desktop is going nowhere.