How to view the quota limits of an APFS volume that I had set at the time of its creation?
I had set limits on a Time Machine volume on an external hard drive but I'm unable to view it with the "View Info" menu option. I understand we can't change them once created but is there a way to see its quota limits?
Yes you can with the terminal command :
diskutil ap list diskX
where diskX is to be replaced by the Container "Time Machine" identifier
On my Mac i get this :
diskutil ap list disk4
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+-- Container disk4 8C53B410-FC36-4221-9F13-F528C24CA4EC
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APFS Container Reference: disk4
Size (Capacity Ceiling): 80134217728 B (80.1 GB)
Capacity In Use By Volumes: 7213264896 B (7.2 GB) (9.0% used)
Capacity Not Allocated: 72920952832 B (72.9 GB) (91.0% free)
|
+-< Physical Store disk3s6 D6E20B9A-34FF-462E-8AEE-5648523C1E5D
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk3s6
| Size: 80134217728 B (80.1 GB)
|
+-> Volume disk4s1 8E6FC6CF-149A-4A8C-BD4E-228953A8C07F
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APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk4s1 (Backup)
Name: Time_Machine_BS (Case-sensitive)
Mount Point: /Volumes/Time_Machine_BS
Capacity Consumed: 7091273728 B (7.1 GB)
Capacity Reserve: None
Capacity Quota: 20000002048 B (20.0 GB) (35.5% reached)
FileVault: No