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		_qjt0 on June 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A ZFS developer’s analysis of Apple’s new APFS fil... somelib.so what? And what's a "checksum"? Error messages need to be comprehensible to the average user.

brokenmachine on June 29, 2016 [–]

"Error: Buy a new Mac."

_qjt0 on July 3, 2016 | [–]

Assuming your intent is not to troll: "The file xyz.txt is corrupt. Click here to restore from a Time Machine backup."

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