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.DS_Store file on my desktop - can't delete

Sorry to revive this, but I have a specific question, related to this.

I have the same problem as the original poster, except that I do not want to hide my hidden files. I want them to be visible in the finder etc. I just don't want to see two files on my desktop:

.DS_Store and .localized

I understand that since Desktop is a folder in my home folder, it will contain those two files and they'll show up in the Finder, but is there a way to hide these specific files from this particular folder (or from any folder), while leaving the other hidden files and folders visible?
 
sv1cec said:
Sorry to revive this, but I have a specific question, related to this.

I have the same problem as the original poster, except that I do not want to hide my hidden files. I want them to be visible in the finder etc. I just don't want to see two files on my desktop:

.DS_Store and .localized

I understand that since Desktop is a folder in my home folder, it will contain those two files and they'll show up in the Finder, but is there a way to hide these specific files from this particular folder (or from any folder), while leaving the other hidden files and folders visible?
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It's all or nothing, I'm afraid. There's no way to hide system files within specific folders if you are displaying all hidden files.
 
Hide Particular Files

Hey everyone,

I'm an experienced Mac user, in fact I'm an administrator and I have many reasons for displaying hidden files on my Mac. That being said, I don't need to see the .DS_Store file or the .localized file on my desktop. Is there any way to hide particular hidden files while displaying the rest?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
Thanks guys. This helped.

I am new to MacRumors and just wanted to say thanks for the help with regards to how to rehide files that we really don't need to see.:)
 
Anson said:
Hey everyone,

I'm an experienced Mac user, in fact I'm an administrator and I have many reasons for displaying hidden files on my Mac. That being said, I don't need to see the .DS_Store file or the .localized file on my desktop. Is there any way to hide particular hidden files while displaying the rest?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Anson,

I'm totally with you on this one. I want to know if there's a way to view hidden files, yet choose which files remain hidden etc.

From M$ knowledge and experience, I doubt there will be, as it's a see one, see them all factor. But it would be really nice to be able to hide the 'clogging' system files but see the ones us sys admins need to see.
 
This is very easy

Hey guys, I had this problem as well and I don't like the file in every folder, so I googled it. I found this website and it said this:

During the recovery process, you made all the hidden files and folders on your Mac visible. Now whenever you use the Finder, you see all kinds of strange-looking entries. You recovered the formerly hidden files that you needed, so you can send them all back into hiding.

Abracadabra! They're Gone

Launch Terminal, located at /Applications/Utilities/.

Type or copy/paste the following commands. Press the return key after you enter each line.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

killall Finder

That’s all there is to manually recovering media files from your iPod. Keep in mind that you will need to authorize any music you purchased from the iTunes Store before you can play it. This recovery process keeps Apple's FairPlay Digital Rights Management system intact.

The link for the website is here:
http://macs.about.com/od/backupsarchives/ss/ipodcopy_7.htm

Oh and it works, I just copied and pasted it into terminal and BANG every DS_Store file is gone. Thanks to whoever posted that article.
GOod luck :) :)
 
solution

1. with Apple Script editor create this script:

Code: 
repeat
	try
		tell application "Finder"
			do shell script "rm '/Users/YOUR_USER/Desktop/.DS_Store'"
		end tell
	end try
end repeat

2. user your username in YOUR_USER
3. save as application & add to Login items (or) just start manually

its looping and trying to delete .DS_Store any time it is created

btw
file might appear slightly after its created but it will be removed if this script is runing
 
ansisl said:
1. with Apple Script editor create this script:

Code: 
repeat
	try
		tell application "Finder"
			do shell script "rm '/Users/YOUR_USER/Desktop/.DS_Store'"
		end tell
	end try
end repeat

2. user your username in YOUR_USER
3. save as application & add to Login items (or) just start manually

its looping and trying to delete .DS_Store any time it is created

btw
file might appear slightly after its created but it will be removed if this script is runing
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This is honestly junk advice and completely pointless. Why run a script everytime you logon when the file is going to get re-created?

Simply follow the steps as detailed by xUKHCx in Post #3 (Page 1) to hide hidden files and be done with it
 
Chris.L said:
This is honestly junk advice and completely pointless. Why run a script everytime you logon when the file is going to get re-created?

Simply follow the steps as detailed by xUKHCx in Post #3 (Page 1) to hide hidden files and be done with it
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well its for those who want hidden files to be visible and it keeps looping so file is deleted once it is created
 
Thanks so much. I finally got rid of the invisible file errors and the ~43 errors. Thanks for the final step of clearing my mac!
 
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