FAQ

2014-04-09T02:49:23Z

Tumble: How to see snapshots in the Finder.

[[Category:About O3X]]

Besides the questions covered below, you may find [[Documentation]] and [[OpenZFS on OS X]] helpful. Both articles contain a good deal of information about OpenZFS on OS X.

== General ==

===Q) What is OpenZFS on OS X?===
'''A)''' See the article entitled [[OpenZFS on OS X]].

===Q) What does O3X mean?===
'''A)''' O3X = O O O X = OpenZFS on OS X.

== Administration ==

===Q) How can I get rid of "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"?===
'''A)''' See the article entitled [[Suppressing the annoying popup]].

===Q) How can I access the .zfs snapshot directories?===
'''A)''' You need to set snapdir visible and manually mount a snapshot.
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ sudo zfs set snapdir=visible tank/bob
$ sudo zfs mount tank/bob@yesterday
$ ls -l /tank/bob/.zfs/snapshot/yesterday/
</syntaxhighlight>

===Q) Is .zfs snapdir auto-mounting supported?===
'''A)''' No, not at this time. You must manually "zfs mount" snapshots manually to see them in the snapdir.

===Q) OK, I manually mounted my snapshot but still cannot see it in Finder. What gives?===
'''A)''' Currently mounted snapshots are not easily visible in the Finder. You can see them in the Terminal, like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ ls -l /tank/bob/.zfs/snapshot/yesterday/
</syntaxhighlight>

and you can see them in the Finder like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ open /tank/bob/.zfs/snapshot/yesterday/
</syntaxhighlight>
or by using the "Go to Folder…" Finder menu item.

== Interoperability ==

===Q) Can I import my ZEVO pools?===
'''A)''' Yes. O3X can import pool version 28, which means it can import ZEVO pools.

===Q) Can I import my MacZFS pools?===
'''A)''' Yes. O3X can import pool version 8, which means it can import MacZFS pools.

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