macOS: Date Modified, Date Created, etc, all sync. Comments do not.
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Greetings, I'm on a Mac. I put extensive notes in the "Comments" section in my file data. "Date Modified", "Date Created", "Size", "Kind", etc, all sync. My "Comments" do not. Is this a known, unsupported issue, or is there a fix? Thanks!
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(I know nothing of Mac, but:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254574812
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8050103)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254574812
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8050103)
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Thank you for the links. Looks like there has been some related issues but no info on FFS. Still hoping to hear some fixes or workarounds.
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According to the following article, Finder comments are stored in both .DS_Store and a file's extended attributes.
https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/06/finder-comments-worth-avoiding/
• .DS_Store is excluded by FFS by default, but you can change the filter manually.
• extended attributes are copied by FFS by default, unless the target file system does not support them. (There's the workaround of AppleDouble files ._, but FFS does not allow creating them at this time)
In my tests, both .DS_Store and the "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment" attribute are copied correctly, but Finder still won't show the comment. I have no idea why.
https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/06/finder-comments-worth-avoiding/
• .DS_Store is excluded by FFS by default, but you can change the filter manually.
• extended attributes are copied by FFS by default, unless the target file system does not support them. (There's the workaround of AppleDouble files ._, but FFS does not allow creating them at this time)
In my tests, both .DS_Store and the "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment" attribute are copied correctly, but Finder still won't show the comment. I have no idea why.
