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		Analemma_ 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS Tahoe is certified Unix 03 [pdf] There’s a specific “Unix mode” you have to turn on to be in the compliant state, it’s not the default. Presumably among other changes this puts APFS into case-sensitive mode.

Steltek 4 months ago [–]

How much stuff breaks when you do that?

p_ing 4 months ago | [–]

There's commercial software that will not run on a case-sensitive file system, such as Photoshop.

If you're using 3rd party software, you don't want to format your default volume with case-sensitivity enabled.

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