Comments on: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-426085 Robert Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:47:58 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-426085 Hi, I have a problem to stop creating DS_Store file.　I was trying to use command mentioned above, but it is not proceeding any further action after I insert it in terminal. I would like to ask someone, who is experienced the same issue as me. Thanks a mil., Robert Hi, I have a problem to stop creating DS_Store file.　I was trying to use command mentioned above, but it is not proceeding any further action after I insert it in terminal. I would like to ask someone, who is experienced the same issue as me.
Thanks a mil.,
Robert

]]> By: Prevent .DS_Store file creation in mac | state0fmind http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-339622 Prevent .DS_Store file creation in mac | state0fmind Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:02:08 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-339622 [...] Source:osxdaily [...] Source:osxdaily

]]> By: Amol http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-253426 Amol Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:39:22 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-253426 You can run this periodically in a terminal to delete those annoying files on a mac. However, it should be noted that they do get created every time you browse to a folder in finder. find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \; -print You can run this periodically in a terminal to delete those annoying files on a mac. However, it should be noted that they do get created every time you browse to a folder in finder.

find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \; -print

]]> By: nick http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-130905 nick Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:30:34 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-130905 how did you resolve this... on restart after activating this, my finder froze and now I cannot even boot up from a disc to reinstall the OS! kinda at a loss to what to do... how did you resolve this…
on restart after activating this, my finder froze and now I cannot even boot up from a disc to reinstall the OS!

kinda at a loss to what to do…

]]> By: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation | Chicago Mac/PC Support http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-124796 How to prevent .DS_Store file creation | Chicago Mac/PC Support Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:00:03 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-124796 [...] How to prevent .DS_Store file creation.  Great advice.  Easy to put in the terminal. [...] [...] How to prevent .DS_Store file creation.  Great advice.  Easy to put in the terminal. [...]

]]> By: Abhinav Kumar http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-99790 Abhinav Kumar Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:27:32 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-99790 thumbs.db do not store metadata but thumbnails to speed up displaying of icons upon revisit...only winxp creates this file...Windows Vista/7 store meta data and thumbnails in a centralized location thumbs.db do not store metadata but thumbnails to speed up displaying of icons upon revisit…only winxp creates this file…Windows Vista/7 store meta data and thumbnails in a centralized location

]]> By: Blair http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-99682 Blair Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:34:14 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-99682 Addendum to my previous post: I anticipate this being fixed in the 10.6.3 release. See the 10.6.3 Apple developer release notes: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seed-Notes-Arrive-for-Mac-OS-X-10-6-3-Build-10D538-132974.shtml Addendum to my previous post: I anticipate this being fixed in the 10.6.3 release.

See the 10.6.3 Apple developer release notes:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seed-Notes-Arrive-for-Mac-OS-X-10-6-3-Build-10D538-132974.shtml

]]> By: Blair http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-99681 Blair Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:31:28 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-99681 Snow Leopard users beware! (10.6.2) I had previously activated this setting which prevent .ds_store files from being created on my work network and it caused my system to crash and the finder to lock up and hang. This occurred whenever I tried deleting files or folders (even if the folder was empty) when connected to our network — using the Samba (SMB) protocol and Windows Small Business Server 2003. Snow Leopard users beware! (10.6.2) I had previously activated this setting which prevent .ds_store files from being created on my work network and it caused my system to crash and the finder to lock up and hang. This occurred whenever I tried deleting files or folders (even if the folder was empty) when connected to our network — using the Samba (SMB) protocol and Windows Small Business Server 2003.

]]> By: Gaurav Jain http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-99678 Gaurav Jain Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:15:36 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-99678 Yeah, one of the most problematic occurrences of this for my is on USB flash drives. There is program called BlueHarvest that does a good job of deleting these .DS_Store files as well as other metadata files. It's available at: http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/ Yeah, one of the most problematic occurrences of this for my is on USB flash drives. There is program called BlueHarvest that does a good job of deleting these .DS_Store files as well as other metadata files. It’s available at:

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/

]]> By: Luke Z http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/03/how-to-prevent-ds_store-file-creation/#comment-99677 Luke Z Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:21:15 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=2325#comment-99677 This only disables their creation on network drives. Not entirely. This only disables their creation on network drives. Not entirely.

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