transfer Mac files to Windows PC

[MacPC]

Hi,

II have a question about making a backup of my Mac files to a Windows PC, both are on the same network. When I transfer the file, on the Windows machine,the one file always ends up with two copies, eg. the file XYZ.txt will end up with XYZ.txt and ._XYZ.txt on the PC. The ._XYZ.txt is probably the resource fork protion on the Mac file. I read it somewhere a whils ago that there is a way to prevent this but I forgot where I read it. Does anyone know about that?

Thank in advance.

M.

[tschoftner]

Hi,

II have a question about making a backup of my Mac files to a Windows PC, both are on the same network. When I transfer the file, on the Windows machine,the one file always ends up with two copies, eg. the file XYZ.txt will end up with XYZ.txt and ._XYZ.txt on the PC. The ._XYZ.txt is probably the resource fork protion on the Mac file. I read it somewhere a whils ago that there is a way to prevent this but I forgot where I read it. Does anyone know about that?

M.

you can delete those ._XYZ.txt files; have done so on several occasions - never expriences any problem at all!
Thomas

[xUKHCx]

Taken from apples site (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301711) Only states it will stop the .ds_store so not sure if it works for all resource forks.

Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections
This article contains advanced material intended only for those who are looking for information on .DS_Store files. If you do not already have an opinion on this matter, you can disregard this article.

To configure a Mac OS X user account so that .DS_Store files are not created when interacting with a remote file server using the Finder, follow the steps below.
Note: This will affect the user's interactions with SMB/CIFS, AFP, NFS, and WebDAV servers.

Open the Terminal.
Type:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
Press Return.
Restart the computer.
If you want to prevent .DS_Store file creation for other users on the same computer, log in to each user account and perform the steps above—or distribute a copy of your newly modified com.apple.desktopservices.plist file to the ~/Library/Preferences folder of other target users.

These steps do not prevent the Finder from creating .DS_Store files on the local volume. These steps do not prevent previously existing .DS_Store files from being copied to the remote file server. Please note that disabling the creation of .DS_Store files on remote file servers can cause unexpected behavior in the Finder (click here for an example).

[theISHkid]

I get the exact same experience on my network... I just delete and it doesn't affect anything.