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However, under Mac OS X 10.4.x, permissions for AFP-copied/created are set as read/write for the owner but not for the group, meaning that files cannot be shared between client users.

Macintosh hosts do not have transport file attributes. However, you may specify transport file attributes by using FTP or FTP access method options in the FILENAME statement, whichever is applicable.

Hackers are using a novel technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deliver a new trojan that researchers call RustyAttr.

Many operating systems have the concept of “file permissions,” which are metadata attributes set for each file and folder (or directory) about who may create, manipulate, and delete items, as ...

In this example, the FILENAME statement specifies the fileref TRANFILE, which points to the external file TPORT.DAT for transfer over the network. FTP options specify values for the record attributes: ...

OS X provides an easy option in the Finder's contextual menus for creating ZIP archives of Finder selections; however, the Finder does not have the option to quickly view a ZIP file's contents.