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Tools Tab

The background service, snapshots, stopping and removing, and disk check and repair.

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  1. 1The Tools tabFive cards for looking after an instance.
  2. 2ShipmentsA whole instance in one file, for carrying to another Mac.
  3. 3The background servicemslhd runs every instance. What it is, how it starts, and what to do when it isn't running.
  4. 4Generated appsWhere the Mac apps made for an instance's Linux programs live.
  5. 5SnapshotsSave a machine's state under a name and go back to it — and the one rule that keeps it safe.
  6. 6Suspend, hibernate or shut down?Three ways to stop an instance, what each costs, and which to use.
  7. 7Removing an instanceWhat Remove deletes, what it keeps, and why it doesn't ask first.
  8. 8Uninstalling MSLRemove MSL and keep every instance and image - or remove all of it.
  9. 9The Maintenance cardDisk check and repair, a maintenance boot, and fix-it utilities — organised by when they can run.
  10. 10Checking a diskCheck Disk reads the Linux filesystem from your Mac, without changing anything.
  11. 11Repairing a diskRepair Disk fixes the filesystem — after taking an instant, free backup you can go back to.
  12. 12Checking the disk at every startAn optional full check before each start, which refuses to boot a damaged disk.
  13. 13Maintenance bootStart Linux in a minimal mode and check or repair its disk with Linux's own tools.
  14. 14Utilities for a running instanceSync the clock, repair the package manager, clear caches, and look for disk errors.
  15. 15USB devicesHand a USB device on your Mac to a Linux instance - including hardware macOS has no driver for.