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Can I stop OSX from creating .DS_Store / ._blah files everywhere on NTFS?

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Mar 15, 20262679 views

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These files really get on my nerves. Can I make OSX not create them somehow? (._blah are only created on NTFS external disk, .DS_Store are created everywhere)

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Can I stop OSX from creating .DS_Store / ._blah files everywhere on NTFS?

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