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What is the difference between APFS Local Snapshots and Time Machine Snapshots?
Snapshots are based on APFS CoW (Copy on Write) feature. In the same way the Finder allows you to clone a 1 GB file on APFS, modify 1 byte in the cloned version, and end up using only 1 GB + 1 Block ...
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SSD's "Used" space growing after each Erase / Format & ejecting!
There are hidden folders and files which can only be seen on PC .... - .DS, trashes, spotlight...
Format USB stick as exFat find PC and have look what 'empty' device looks like in MacOs
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SSD's "Used" space growing after each Erase / Format & ejecting!
.Trashes, .Spotlight-V100, and .fseventsd folders are essential parts of the Mac filing system.
.Trashes is where files go when you send them to the Trash, unsurprisingly.
.Spotlight-V100 is the index ...
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SSD's "Used" space growing after each Erase / Format & ejecting!
I had a similar issue!
I solved it by connecting the SSD to my Android phone.
All the files that I deleted went to .Trashes folder apparently, which is not shown on Mac even after pressing Cmd+Shift+. ...
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