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Prevent MacOS from making .* and ._* files

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202612864 views
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Whenever I plug someone's FAT32 flash drive into my computer, MacOS loves to add all sorts of hidden files. A couple of these include: .Spotlight-V100/ .Trashes/ .fseventsd/ .DS_Store When they get the drive back, they see all this cruft. How can I prevent this from happening? Thanks!

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Fix for: Prevent MacOS from making .* and ._* files

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These files and directories are created by various applications: .DS_Store - Created by Finder when you open a directory. It stores information about the folder (view options, icon positions, etc). .fseventsd - created by the fseventsd daemon. It co…

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