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All Metadata is saved with the file (in forks)
Authored by: PopMcGee on Jun 13, '05 12:23:02PM

All metadata is saved as part of the file and automatically copied along on HFS+ volumes. Only when using strange filesystems like FAT (MS-DOS), ._ files are created. Unless your backup utility uses nonstandard ways of copying things, all your metadata should be kept intact.

Read more about this here:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/7



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