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Everything about Disk Copy
Utility in Mac OS
Disk Copy was the default utility for handling logical volume images in System 7 through Mac OS X 10.2. In later versions of macOS it has been replaced by DiskImageMounter for mounting the images and Disk Utility for creating them. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Disk CopyA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The archival storage potential of microfilm, magnetic media, and optical data discsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The central Z-disk region of titin is assembled from a novel repeat in variable copy numbersCited 156 times
- Go sideways: Apple Disk ImageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Disk UtilityA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The central Z-disk region of titin is assembled from a novel repeat in variable copy numbers
Efficient disk-to-disk copy through long-distance high-speed networks with background traffic
Disaster Recovery Using Real-Time Disk Data Copy
Calendar, update from 33/6, new entries on hard copy and disk. Press proofs req'ed
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕The archival storage potential of microfilm, magnetic media, and optical data discsA. M. Hendley · 1983
- 📕Videodisc and optical digital disk technologies and their applications in libraries, 1986 updateJudy McQueen · 1986
The library disaster preparedness handbookMorris, John · 1986
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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