Generated Files

[Yizi]

Hi,

I have a memory stick i use for college and i edit some work at home on my Mac, when i connect it to my Mac and then in college (PC) i get some extra files which are highlighted with a underscore before it such as documents.

Anyone know how to get rid of them, i tried deleting them but they get regenerated next time i connect it to my Mac.

 

[angelwatt]

Those are simply meta-data files Apple uses. It's tied into things like Spotlight. There's a way to stop creating the files for network drives, but not for external drives, at least not that I've run across.

Edit: this thread suggest a tool called TinkerTool.

Edit2: Here's a command that I use in Terminal to get rid of the ._ files on my flash drive,

cd /Volumes/yourFlashDriveName
find . -name '._*' -delete

This won't stop new ._ files from being created, but can still be handy when they build up.

 

[Yizi]

Those are simply meta-data files Apple uses. It's tied into things like Spotlight. There's a way to stop creating the files for network drives, but not for external drives, at least not that I've run across.

Edit: this thread suggest a tool called TinkerTool.

I see, well i will give it a try and see how it goes, thanks for the help