Stacks inside OSX Package

[Stephen Barncard]

>Whilst this is certainly true, I just did a quick test with Time Machine by
>adding a small text file inside an App package, and whilst the  App Created
>and Modified dates did not change, Time Machine did recognise that the
>package contents had changed and backed up the extra file. What I don't know
>is whether Time Machine backed up the entire App, or just the contents that
>changed.

In my case I use FoldersSynchroniser for bootable image backup; Time 
Machine is only sometimes useful to me. I made the assumption that 
FS would know about changes in packages and was wrong.

>
>***I ASSUME*** Apple is smart enough to treat an App just like any other
>folder and back up only the *FILES* that have changed, not entire folders.
>***END ASSUMPTION***
>
>I raise this because of what I've read on the net about what is termed 'Time
>Machine incompatible apps'. The classic example given is Eudora which I
>understand saves all it's e-mails in one DB file.

This is just not true. Eudora has always  had separate files for each 
mailbox in classic mbox format. Much loved by Eudora users because 
each mailbox is in plain text and easily parsed for archiving.

  Recent problems with Eudora in Leopard were solved by going back to 
the old separate style TOC files for each mailbox, as opposed to 
using resource forks.
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stephen barncard
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