[mohas]

I'm with you on this, I think that data is 99% of what is important and the rest can be recreated or improvised and if in your system you rely too much on file metadata your need more engineering

[buttercraft]

> in your system you rely too much on file metadata your need more engineering

Except sometimes it's a 3rd party's app whose data you have to restore, and you don't have control over their engineers.

[ForHackernews]

If that information drives operational processes then you can argue it is data, not metadata.

[wyclif]

The output of the command the OP mentions

  $ /usr/bin/rsync –version

...doesn't return anything referencing openrsync. I'm on Sequoia 15.3.1.