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Query band size of a sparsebundle (also accessible in Info.plist of bundle)
# find out how big the sparse-band-size is in a mounted volume
hdiutil info -verbose | grep band-size
# default Time Machine sparsbundle virtual-band-size = 16384 (8MB)
# create-sparsebundle's virtual-band-size = 262144 (128MB)
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Creating a new Time Machine backup in macOS Sonoma, the band size is now 8GB.

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