I have multiple snapshots of my systemβliterally a point in time saved with a name and a date. I can go back to a few different points in time to test things that could break the system and revert to any time in the past that I created or that the system itself created when installing an update.
#BackToTheFuture This is the KILLER FEATURE! #FreeBSD
@mcfate Imagine you want to test a potentially malicious program on your Mac. Start by creating a snapshot with the following command:
doas bectl create MacOS-Californication16.6-202401102
This operation takes mere milliseconds to complete. Next, reboot your system into the newly created boot environment. Once youβre booted into the new environment, install and run that dubious program.
See, I would do stuff like that in a virtualized system on a "burn box".
If it does horrific things, start over.
"How clean do you want it?"
"Down to the NAP."
β Point of No Return