Transfer NTFS external HD to HFS+ Mac HD. Hidden files?

[tennisproha]

What happens to Windows hidden files when you transfer Windows data to OS X via an NTFS external HD?
Do they transfer over? If so, how can I get rid of them?

The reason I ask is I know when you transfer OS X files to another filesystem format, Mac creates hidden .DS_Store and ._.* files. However what happens in reverse when Windows files are being transferred to Macs?

My apologies if I've asked this before already. Its is a bit confusing to me since I'm new to Macs. Any clarification of explanation would be appreciated!

Happy New Year!

 

[Erdbeertorte]

What happens to Windows hidden files when you transfer Windows data to OS X via an NTFS external HD?

I am not sure. But you can enable to see all hidden files/folders in the Finder with that Terminal command, maybe it's working for an NTFS Volume too (I don't have any):

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;killall Finder

To hide them again just replace TRUE with FALSE.

That should work in Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan.


In Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion it's:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

and after that:

killall Finder

 

[tennisproha]

I am not sure. But you can enable to see all hidden files/folders in the Finder with that Terminal command, maybe it's working for an NTFS Volume too (I don't have any):

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;killall Finder

To hide them again just replace TRUE with FALSE.

That should work in Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan.


In Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion it's:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

and after that:

killall Finder

Thanks for that.

I'm just a little bit confused about the invisibility copy scenario. I was told elsewhere that when you transfer from the NTFS to HFS+ the hidden files will not be copied over automatically. This doesn't quite make sense to me.

If I go into a specific folder and manually select all files in that folder, then that would leave the hidden files unselected for copy I presume. If however I select the whole HD to copy over then anything in each individual folder would transfer over including all hidden files right? Am I missing something here?

 

[satcomer]

Thanks for that.

I'm just a little bit confused about the invisibility copy scenario. I was told elsewhere that when you transfer from the NTFS to HFS+ the hidden files will not be copied over automatically. This doesn't quite make sense to me.

I use TinkerTool. Also older versions of Windows does that for some reason.