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Sparseimage should contain files but showing empty
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1124995" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Quoted from the Wiki:</p><p></p><p><em>Unlike a full image file (.dmg), which takes up as much actual space as the real disk it represents (regardless of the amount of unused space), a sparse image file (.sparseimage) takes up only as much actual disk space as the data contained within.</em></p><p></p><p>I would say that there's a chance your files are still in there somewhere. Why they're hidden or can not be accessed is another matter. Besides, how would you go about deleting just the files and not the image? Did you by chance use encryption when you created the image?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1124995, member: 46727"] Quoted from the Wiki: [I]Unlike a full image file (.dmg), which takes up as much actual space as the real disk it represents (regardless of the amount of unused space), a sparse image file (.sparseimage) takes up only as much actual disk space as the data contained within.[/I] I would say that there's a chance your files are still in there somewhere. Why they're hidden or can not be accessed is another matter. Besides, how would you go about deleting just the files and not the image? Did you by chance use encryption when you created the image? [/QUOTE]
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