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minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agomacOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
minus-squarejust some guy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoTo add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHuh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure. In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoRight, so anything that might be used with other machines.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files. Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems. If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
minus-squareNanTeeHanq@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoRemoved by mod
macOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
To add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list
Huh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure.
In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason
Right, so anything that might be used with other machines.
ZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files.
Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems.
If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
Removed by mod