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How do sparse bundles get corrupted and can they be fixed?

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Mar 15, 20265012 views
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I am warming up to Mac OS X sparse disk image bundles: This is a virtual file system stored as a collection of small (up to 8MB) files in a folder. This way, you can have encrypted HFS+ volumes stored on FAT-formatted USB drives, or SMB network shares. And because the data is broken up into 8MB chu…

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As far as I know, you can mount the .sparseimage, and run "Repair/Verify" in Disk Utility, like you could on any other disk.... And like any other disk, always try to "eject" or dismount before powering off or restarting the computer.. I have seen t…

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