• Luci@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    It’s a folder that macOS will leave on usb sticks with meta data and stuff I think

    Idk I delete it on sight.

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      2 months ago

      Very cool, I’m still kinda confused why .DS_Store is the identifier for such a folder but still cool Thanks

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        2 months ago

        On Unix and Unix-like systems when a file or directory name starts with a . its hidden by default.

        This convention is maintained in the UI for MacOS so you don’t see the .DS_Store directory unless you ask to show hidden files.

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      2 months ago

      On any non Mac native filesystem I think. Anything that MacOS can read but isn’t the original filesystem (it used to be HFS, a long time ago, I have no idea what it is nowadays) will be peppered with those metadata files, disk, floppy, thumb drive, whatever.