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jcleekm
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 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: ds_store an such |
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What is up with all the hidden DS and DS_store and ._xx files?
Any time I access any media (USB, Network etc) on My Mac and look at it in Windows (hidden files shown) I see the above files and folders with a 1k shortcut to the file I opened on my Mac
Can I make it stop?
I think my NTFS partitions are set to a 4k cluster size (could be 2k) so those hidden 1k files are eating up 4k apiece which will start to add up eventually. |
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greg
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:32 am Post subject: Re: ds_store an such |
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| jcleekm wrote: | | What is up with all the hidden DS and DS_store and ._xx files? |
The .DS_Store files are created by the Finder to keep track of folder view options, icon positions, comments, etc. A separate .DS_Store file is created in each directory to store information about that directory.
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aristobrat
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Does the DS_Store handle multiple users?
i.e. if I browse to a network share and change a setting, is that what the next person who stumbles across that share will see, or does it keep track of us? (If that makes any sense).  |
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greg
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| aristobrat wrote: | Does the DS_Store handle multiple users?
i.e. if I browse to a network share and change a setting, is that what the next person who stumbles across that share will see, or does it keep track of us? (If that makes any sense). |
My understanding is (and someone can correct me if I'm wrong) that .DS_Store files don't really handle multiple users very well. Essentially, the last person whose changes are written to the .DS file overwrites those of the previous user's settings.
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PeteC
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I used Tinker Tool (http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html) to stop DS_store files being created on network shares.
Seems to work a treat.
Cheers,
Pete |
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greg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:25 am Post subject: |
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You can also do this via Terminal:
1. Start Terminal
2. Type: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
3. Restart your computer
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PeteC
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Neat-o.
I thought you'd be able to do it via the terminal, but at the moment I'm still scared of breaking something 
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