SD Card *RIDDLED* with "./" ?

[Soundburst]

Hey guys,

I hate how the Macintosh does this - I don't know why or how it does it. There's no reason.

But I got an SD Card to copy music to so I can have songs play in the car.

I spent an ages dragging songs on, then going through the SD Card renaming them (as often a song is '01 Intro') so I went in and removed all the numbers etc.

Then putting it in the car EVERY ALBUM has duplicates of all the songs , except that there is a full stop "." before - and that file won't play - so you've to scroll down to find the actual version of the song.

I used these forums to find out how to delete the .trashes and .spotlight files or something and got rid of those.

I also used the Terminal to show all hidden files - and yet if I go into a folder on the SD card there's no files there other than the songs. But when I play it on the car all of the hidden files are there.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of these stupid files so I can have the folders just contain. . . . .you know. . . .the stuff I want to contain? . . .and only the items that are visible when I view on the computer?

Cheers for any help.

 

[Intell]

Those files are created because non-HFS drives cannot properly store the file metadata and resource forks that are needed. You can remove them with a utility called Hidden Cleaner.

 

[Soundburst]

Those files are created because non-HFS drives cannot properly store the file metadata and resource forks that are needed. You can remove them with a utility called Hidden Cleaner.

Hey man,

I can't find that on the App Store? I got one called OptimUSB but it only removes the root . files and not all the ones in the folders within

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Oh ho found it on CNET. . . but it won't open , mustn't be compatible with Yosemite

Thanks for your help though. Very much appreciated

 

[Intell]

There's a large world outside of the App Store. Look within it using an internet search engine. It doesn't work by opening it, drag the drive onto the utility to launch it.

 

[chown33]

A utility app that accepts disks or folders dropped on it would be fairly simple to make in Automator.

It'd basically be a variation on this one-line shell command:

find -x "PATHNAME_GOES_HERE" -name "._*" -delete

I warn readers now, this is NOT the exact command-line. If the reader can figure it out from this, great. If not, then ask for details and I'll work up the specific steps and post them.

 

[Soundburst]

Cheers guys. Very kind.

I found this on the Apple Discussion Forums and it worked a treat. Hopefully it helps others.


So:
Open Terminal (in Applications/Utilities)
Enter: dot_clean
spacebar
drag the flashdrive from the Desktop to the Termnal window
press enter