Its not metadata which takes up that space, its hidden resource files. The mac metadata really only is 8 more bytes then other OSes. It is a different issue.
But if there is one thing I intensely dislike about MacOS, it's the metadata. I know I'm practically alone in the Mac camp, but I hate metadata. I have always thought it was just a space-hogging pain in my ass.
Now, the space issue is no longer a big concern since we have such big, cheap drives that a little filesystem metadata isn't such a burden on capacity. But back in the days of floppies I was pissed that I could fit so few files on a floppy when my friend with DOS could fit noticeably more. I was especially annoyed that even when I formatted a disk as a PC floppy, the Mac would still waste my space by creating and hiding from me files and folders on the disk to constiture the resource forks. I wanted every kilobyte, which counts when you're cramming a lot of small files onto a lot of small disks.
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Its not metadata which takes up that space, its hidden resource files. The mac metadata really only is 8 more bytes then other OSes. It is a different issue.
But if there is one thing I intensely dislike about MacOS, it's the metadata. I know I'm practically alone in the Mac camp, but I hate metadata. I have always thought it was just a space-hogging pain in my ass. Now, the space issue is no longer a big concern since we have such big, cheap drives that a little filesystem metadata isn't such a burden on capacity. But back in the days of floppies I was pissed that I could fit so few files on a floppy when my friend with DOS could fit noticeably more. I was especially annoyed that even when I formatted a disk as a PC floppy, the Mac would still waste my space by creating and hiding from me files and folders on the disk to constiture the resource forks. I wanted every kilobyte, which counts when you're cramming a lot of small files onto a lot of small disks.
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