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Versions of Windows more recent than Windows XP support the larger sector sizes, as well as Mac OS X, and Linux has supported larger sector sizes since 2.6.31 or 2.6.32, but issues with boot loaders, partitioning tools and computer BIOS implementations present certain limitations, since they are often hard-wired to reserve only 512 bytes for. If your Mac has a T2 chip, the process is different. For both MacBooks and desktop Macs, turn off the device, then press and hold the power button for 10 seconds. Let go and wait a few seconds. Mac OS X includes two public programmatic interfaces you can use to search for resources, plug-ins, and other items within specific directory locations of specific (or all) domains. One of these interfaces—the FindFolder function of the Folder Manager—is for Carbon or other C-based programs; for more information, see Folder Manager Reference. Prerequisite: Python Language Introduction Before we start with how to install pip for Python on macOS, let’s first go through the basic introduction to Python. Python is a widely-used general-purpose, high-level programming language.

On some Mac models, you might hear one of these sequences of beeps at the beginning of the startup process, while the screen is still blank. These are not the same as the startup sound (chime) that a Mac can play when starting up normally.

One beep every 5 seconds

Your Mac isn't detecting any memory (RAM). If you recently added or replaced memory, make sure that it's properly installed.

Three beeps, then a 5-second pause, repeating

The memory in your Mac didn't pass an integrity check. If you added or replaced memory, make sure that it's properly installed.

Three long beeps, three short, then three long

To resolve a firmware issue, your Mac is restoring its firmware. You might see a progress bar, after which your Mac should start up normally.

Important:This document is replaced by File System Programming Guide.

Aliases and symbolic links are lightweight references to files and folders. Aliases are associated with Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volume formats. Symbolic links are a feature of HFS+ and UFS file systems. Both aliases and symbolic links allow multiple references to files and folders without requiring multiple copies of these items. Prior to Mac OS X v10.2, aliases and symbolic links behaved very differently when a referenced file or folder moved or changed.

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Alias Semantics

On HFS and HFS+ file systems, each file and folder has a unique, persistent identity. Aliases use this identity along with pathname information to find files and folders on the same volume.

In versions of Mac OS X before 10.2, aliases located a file or folder using its unique identity first and its pathname second. Beginning with Mac OS X 10.2, aliases reversed this search order by using the pathname first and unique identity second. This means that if you move a file and replace it with an identically named file, aliases to the original file now point to the new file. Similarly, if you move a file on the same volume (without replacing it), aliases use the unique identity information to locate the file.

When a file or folder moves, the alias may update either its path information or unique identity information to account for the change. If a file moves somewhere on the same volume, the alias updates its internal record with the new path information for the file. Similarly, if the original file is replaced by a file with the same name, but a different unique identity, the alias updates its internal record with the unique identity of the new file.

Symbolic Link Semantics

Because aliases use a file system path to resolve a file’s location initially, they now offer a similar behavior to symbolic links. Symbolic links rely exclusively on path information to locate a file. If you move a file somewhere on the same volume without replacing it, symbolic links to the file break while aliases do not. The only way to fix a symbolic link is to delete it and create a new one.

Avoiding Broken Aliases

The Finder and other system applications now use aliases with this pathname-first behavior. However, applications can still resolve aliases by unique identity first using the methods of the Alias Manager.

If your application supports versions of Mac OS X prior to Mac OS X v10.2, you should follow certain guidelines when modifying files. First, when editing a file, modify the existing file. Second, if you need to replace a file transparently with a new version, use FSExchangeObjects to swap the new file for the old one. The NSDocument class already uses similar techniques to update the document file, thus maintaining aliases whenever possible.

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