To access my files on the disk space my college gives us, I can connect via AFP through finder and access everything fine. Only problem is that OSX places all sorts of junk in any folder I visit, a file called something like :2e_DS_Store and a folder called .AppleDouble which has junk inside of it. They're invisible in Finder, but show up whenever I login to a campus Windows machine and they're all over the place. Is there any way to prevent OSX from putting these files on the server? Thanks.
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Stop OSX from placing junk files on servers?
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I don't know how to stop it, but DS_Store files aren't junk. They contain information such as where the icons should be displayed in the folder, and stuff like that.
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=DS_STORE
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=DS_STORE
grapes911 said:
Its more than DS_Store files, and personally, I could care less about where the icons should be displayed on the network drive.
1. use the terminal to look at the network drive instead of finder.
2. use the termianl to delete these files.
3. create a script on the server to delete these files every day or so.
4. look into http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10478
2. use the termianl to delete these files.
3. create a script on the server to delete these files every day or so.
4. look into http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10478
Well, then don't use the Finder.yg17 said:
I use RBrowser for all my FTP connections, it lets me navigate in much the same ways as I would in the Finder and it doesn't add anything to servers (you don't want it to).
I would think that the free version (RBrowserLite) would be a good solution for you.
thedoc1111 said:
Windows and OS X have different ways of determining if a file should be hidden. Whats hidden in one may not be hidden in the other.