Removing Mac OS X invisible files!

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  1. stoid, Feb 4, 2005

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    I do work for web design and programming classes regularily on my PowerBook. The campus uses all Windows 2000/XP and so when I submit assignments I tend to get frustrated replies from professors saying that they couldn't get it to load properly. It seems that the problem is that when I stuffit or Archive my project it has all the .DS_Store, and a BUNCH of other Mac OS X invisible files that get in the way when they become visible on Windows.

    Is there anyway to make an archive that doesn't contain all these invisible files??
     
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  2. emw, Feb 4, 2005

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    Not sure about other apps/versions, but in Stuffit Deluxe 8.0, there is a preference to show invisible files in the archive window. I don't think there's a way to keep them from being included initially, but at least this way you can go delete them after creating the archive.

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  3. stoid, Feb 4, 2005

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    That's a start at least :eek:

    Thge problem is that sometimes in a complex website project or programming project, there might be a few dozen directories, and it might still take nearly 15-20 minutes to clean out, and even then I might accidentally erase a standard 'important' file that might fubar the whole thing. It's a good idea, but I'm hoping for something a little more...Apple-like in elegence.
     
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  4. jeremy.king, Feb 4, 2005

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    Couldn't your prof(s)just change their view settings in Windows?
     

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  5. emw, Feb 4, 2005

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    I imagine that once they're unstuffed on Windows they are no longer invisible.

    Also, there's an application called JIMZip that allows you to exclude the .DS_Store files, but not the other invisibles.
     
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  6. eeeRIE, Feb 4, 2005

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    Well if you're looking to reveal hidden files there is a program called TinkerTool that should be able to do it for you.
     
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  7. Colonel Panik, Feb 4, 2005

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    How do you submit your assignments? Can you ftp them up? If you do that, then only the relevant files will be uploaded.

    I have this problem a lot when throwing files between my Mac and PC, but they are invisible files, preceeded with a dot, and they are also in a folder called MacOSX, so it's clear that they're system type files. I can only see them because I have enabled viewing of invisible files.
     
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