Comments on: How to Stop .DS_Store From Being Created on Network Drives (OS X) http://droptips.com/how-to-stop-.ds_store-from-being-created-on-network-drives-os-x Technology Tips, and Anything Else Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:17:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Wayne Davies http://droptips.com/how-to-stop-.ds_store-from-being-created-on-network-drives-os-x/comment-page-1#comment-389 Wayne Davies Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:27 +0000 http://droptips.com/?p=874#comment-389 Thanks for replying :-) I'll have to see how many ._ files I still get then. It is/was a nightmare using a NAS drive to store copies of website files because I then have to go through and delete all of the ._ files before uploading to the server or upload all the ._ files as well. Very time consuming with Wordpress :-( I'll have to download the latest version to the NAS and unzip it and see what happens now. Thanks for replying :-)

I’ll have to see how many ._ files I still get then.

It is/was a nightmare using a NAS drive to store copies of website files because I then have to go through and delete all of the ._ files before uploading to the server or upload all the ._ files as well. Very time consuming with WordPress :-(

I’ll have to download the latest version to the NAS and unzip it and see what happens now.

]]> By: Darren http://droptips.com/how-to-stop-.ds_store-from-being-created-on-network-drives-os-x/comment-page-1#comment-387 Darren Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:37:43 +0000 http://droptips.com/?p=874#comment-387 Thanks for the comment/question Wayne! From my testing just now, it stops the Finder creation of the ._* Finder files too. However, some applications create their own ._ files when they edit them.. and they still get created - this command only affects the Finder (for example if you copy a file to a remote server). .DS_Store might be useful in networks with multiple Mac's though (various information is stored in there), but I know a lot of people want to turn it off to keep things a little bit tidier. Thanks for the comment/question Wayne!

From my testing just now, it stops the Finder creation of the ._* Finder files too.
However, some applications create their own ._ files when they edit them.. and they still get created – this command only affects the Finder (for example if you copy a file to a remote server).

.DS_Store might be useful in networks with multiple Mac’s though (various information is stored in there), but I know a lot of people want to turn it off to keep things a little bit tidier.

]]> By: Wayne Davies http://droptips.com/how-to-stop-.ds_store-from-being-created-on-network-drives-os-x/comment-page-1#comment-386 Wayne Davies Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:29:40 +0000 http://droptips.com/?p=874#comment-386 Will this stop all ._ files or just the file named .DS_Store? Will this stop all ._ files or just the file named .DS_Store?

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