I haven't used much homebrew (homebrew launcher, checkpoint, nx-shell mostly). I haven't had any corruption so far.
My best tips for accessing the Switch's sd card from a mac (whether plugged directly in or via memloader):
Format the card on the Switch, not the Mac.
Copy files across using Terminal, not finder. Don't even go to the sd card in finder.
(Hopefully you know how to use Terminal, but if not you can google for guides I guess. You need to change directory to the sd card by doing "cd /Volumes/<name of disk>")
Listing files using the terminal command "ls -aOl" (capital o, lowercase L) will show you the extended attributes of files on the sd card. Expect to see "hidden" attribute for the . and .. directories and some of the shit the mac loves to put on there, that's fine. Everything else should just have a - dash, you don't want to see the "archive" attribute. (Except for somewhere inside the Nintendo directory, just leave the attributes of that the hell alone). You can remove the attribute from specific files & folders (not the Nintendo folder) with "chflags -R noarch <filename>"
Copying files to the sd card using "cp -XpR <src> <dest>" will 'preserve' attributes meaning that the files copied don't end up with the archive attribute set. The "R" flag is for recursion, for if you're copying directories, but it doesn't hurt (doesn't do anything) when you're copying files.
You can delete files/folders using "rm -r <filename>", don't need to do anything special for this.
Once you're done, you want to delete the Mac's annoying dot-files etc, and unmount the sd card before it does anything else annoying to it. My preferred way is an app called Hidden Cleaner, which sits in your dock and you can drag the sd card icon to it, it cleans up and then unmounts. I'm sure there are other apps that are equally good.
My best tips for accessing the Switch's sd card from a mac (whether plugged directly in or via memloader):
Format the card on the Switch, not the Mac.
Copy files across using Terminal, not finder. Don't even go to the sd card in finder.
(Hopefully you know how to use Terminal, but if not you can google for guides I guess. You need to change directory to the sd card by doing "cd /Volumes/<name of disk>")
Listing files using the terminal command "ls -aOl" (capital o, lowercase L) will show you the extended attributes of files on the sd card. Expect to see "hidden" attribute for the . and .. directories and some of the shit the mac loves to put on there, that's fine. Everything else should just have a - dash, you don't want to see the "archive" attribute. (Except for somewhere inside the Nintendo directory, just leave the attributes of that the hell alone). You can remove the attribute from specific files & folders (not the Nintendo folder) with "chflags -R noarch <filename>"
Copying files to the sd card using "cp -XpR <src> <dest>" will 'preserve' attributes meaning that the files copied don't end up with the archive attribute set. The "R" flag is for recursion, for if you're copying directories, but it doesn't hurt (doesn't do anything) when you're copying files.
You can delete files/folders using "rm -r <filename>", don't need to do anything special for this.
Once you're done, you want to delete the Mac's annoying dot-files etc, and unmount the sd card before it does anything else annoying to it. My preferred way is an app called Hidden Cleaner, which sits in your dock and you can drag the sd card icon to it, it cleans up and then unmounts. I'm sure there are other apps that are equally good.
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