macOS Filesystem Case Sensitivity
Discussions center on macOS's default case-insensitive filesystem (HFS+ and APFS), compatibility issues with software on case-sensitive volumes, and related features like .DS_Store files and resource forks.
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If you're a long-time user of macOS you should be aware by now that it uses a case-sensitive filesystem.The `com.apple.LaunchServices` and `com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2` (renamed) user-level preferences still very much exist.
No what? That’s a 3rd party application. MacOS runs just fine with a case-sensitive file system.
Keep in mind the Apple file system is going to change early 2017! (APFS)
Apple File System coming to mac as the default!
btw. macos also has a case sensitive mode for their filesystem, it's just not the default.
macOS does its own thing with filesystem layouts so is not relevant to this discussion, surely?
Some MacOS installations are case sensitive, others are not. Sometimes you find software that was written and tested on the case insensitive version that fails on case-sensitive filesystems.Case insensitive filesystems made more sense decades ago than they do today. Case insensitivity is fundamentally a UX feature that has been implemented in the wrong layer. Rather than the filesystem itself being case insensitive, the search functionality in GUI interfaces to the filesystem should be c
Perhaps you were thinking of AppleDouble files.
The irony, a case-insensitive fs on case-sensitive "macOS"
The fs should be case sensitive. If they want to enforce insensitivity it should be done with APIs for programs including the Finder.