GetDevInfo 1.0.8 Released with better APFS support!

Just a quick post this time. GetDevInfo 1.0.8 has been released with a few new features and fixes. Most notably:

  • NVME disk detection unit tests now work on Ubuntu 16.04.
  • There are now nice descriptions for APFS volumes on macOS, including:
    • Physical Stores – the devices or partitions that provide the storage for the containers.
    • Containers – provide a chunk of storage in which to create volumes.
    • Volumes – Filesystems that store user and system data.
  • Note that the APFS descriptions are only available on recent versions of macOS that can provide information on APFS disks.
  • A convenience shortcut to running GetDevInfo from the command line.

Important: Python 2 is no longer supported. Please use GetDevInfo 1.0.6 if you need to use Python 2.

The new version can be downloaded from https://launchpad.net/getdevinfo and https://www.hamishmb.com/html/downloads.php?program_name=getdevinfo.

That’s it for this post, but stay tuned – there are a lot of interesting and different posts coming soon.

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About Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty

I'm a self-employed software developer working on Free Software projects, as well as studying for my degree with the Open University. Being pedantic when it comes to detail is fortunately useful for both of these things! A strong believer in free software, I have a few pay-for programs available under the GPLv3 and enjoy reporting bugs and helping to improve various open source projects, including volunteering at Wimborne Model Town to work on their river control system.

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