Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!kreme.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lewis Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Rename Partition on USB Hard Drive Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:47:13 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Miskatonic U Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <13bbb97d-8309-4a72-914e-e946fb3b8199o@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:47:13 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: kreme.eternal-september.org; posting-host="364e86a86dd9d6c1ce487f25cfe42da9"; logging-data="8328"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19/8SOyBY/yodnkKmx7pf6Q" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:27ZhlTXn6AhnJi2n0l0yZxSj9Ds= X-Face: )^b5"R:T7U>9~:PEn3YkzMfW*[b1qKeU.fP9C8~8HpU9}lA&6`bH1z X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Mail-Copies-To: nobody Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:134177 In message <13bbb97d-8309-4a72-914e-e946fb3b8199o@googlegroups.com> MeV wrote: > On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 3:45:25 PM UTC-7, Lewis wrote: >> In message Wade Garrett wrote: >> > Will renaming an extended journaled partition on an external USB >> > spinning hard drive with a GUID Partition Map under OS 10.15.6 put its >> > data at risk or create other problems? >> >> No. >> >> Well, if you have written code that accesses the volume by name, >> obviously that will stop working. >> >> -- >> Oh never resist an impulse, Sabrina. Especially if it's terrible. > Like SuperDuper! backups will fail Really? That seems odd, why would it not use the disk ID? That seems very broken to me if renaming a disk causes your backup strategy to fail. -- We’re despairing in style, as befits two former High Kings of Fillory.