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macOSHow-To July 11, 2026 3 min read

How to Create and Manage APFS Snapshots Manually with tmutil

A complete walkthrough creating, listing, mounting, and cleaning up APFS local snapshots directly — the same mechanism Time Machine uses, available for manual, ad-hoc use.

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WindowsDeep Dive July 11, 2026 4 min read

How Volume Shadow Copy Service Powers Windows Backups and Snapshots

The coordination mechanism that lets Windows back up files that are actively open and being written to, without the inconsistency that copying a live, in-use file would otherwise risk.

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