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"Apple Double" files

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Jul 31, 2010
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Maybe this is the wrong place to ask but, does anybody know an easy way to delete multiple hidden ._ (dot underscore) files in Windows without doing it manually? I have possibly thousands of individual music files and many came from Apple machines along with these hidden files and I don't want to go through each folder.

I'm trying to move my iTunes library to a NAS but apparently its Linux OS doesn't like files that start with "._" and stops me from uploading.

...also a related question:
I'm going to get a MBP, my first Mac...well, since a Classic in the early 90's.
Are these "Apple Double" files going to be a problem with my NAS, Windows, and possibly a Ubuntu OS?

The main reason I recently bought a NAS for our home was for convenience across platforms - but I'm seeing some chatter about this type of file now and am a bit worried, though, I don't have a Mac yet...
 
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Maybe this is the wrong place to ask but, does anybody know an easy way to delete multiple hidden ._ (dot underscore) files in Windows without doing it manually? I have possibly thousands of individual music files and many came from Apple machines along with these hidden files and I don't want to go through each folder.

I'm trying to move my iTunes library to a NAS but apparently its Linux OS doesn't like files that start with "._" and stops me from uploading.

...also a related question:
I'm going to get a MBP, my first Mac...well, since a Classic in the early 90's.
Are these "Apple Double" files going to be a problem with my NAS, Windows, and possibly a Ubuntu OS?

The main reason I recently bought a NAS for our home was for convenience across platforms - but I'm seeing some chatter about this type of file now and am a bit worried, though, I don't have a Mac yet...
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If your files are already on a Windows machine, the simplest solution I can think of is (assuming Windows XP, I don't know how to do this on Vista/7) to invoke Search Companion and search for files with a name of ._* - that will find them all. Note that this method also searches inside archives, but for obvious reasons you cannot delete any files found.
 
^ That did it, thanks for your help!

I guess these files can be a pain but I'll figure it out after I get the Mac.
 
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