![]() Unless you’re insatiably curious, knowing what’s there isn’t exactly useful. The file format was last reversed about five years ago, since when it has undoubtedly changed. ![]() DS_Store file, and the Finder ignores the xattr anyway. Those comments may also be duplicated in the :kMDItemFinderComment extended attribute (xattr) of that file, but that’s a secondary copy which can fall out of sync with what’s stored in the. Among the most important for some users are Finder or Spotlight Comments, which are normally displayed in the Comments section of the Get Info dialog for a file. DS_Store files are Desktop Services Stores, containing that folder’s custom attributes, things like icon positions, and in more recent versions of macOS custom settings for the display of file metadata. Trashing them only buys you time anyway: before you can say Jack Robinson, the Finder will recreate them, just to annoy. And I’m sure that it’s only a matter of time before they seemingly vanish from there too. DS_Store files are so secret that you can’t even unhide them without resorting to Terminal. is a convenient shortcut which I use often). Since Sierra, even though you might enable hidden files to be shown in the Finder (Command-Shift. You can’t trash these files in the Finder. DS_Stores, is to open the folder containing that hidden file, move some of its contents about to force it to be refreshed, and move on. The solution to this, as with so many other problems with. DS_Store fies than the ones already backed up, because AirDrop is kind enough to copy. Ever so often, after I’ve updated a project folder, ChronoSync, one of the three backup apps I use, has complained intermittently when it has tried to back those folders up. Since I started developing for Apple Silicon Macs, I’ve been working on some projects like AsmAttic exclusively on them, and copying back my project folders over AirDrop. They can trip up revision control systems, baffle those who open archives created on a Mac, stop folder copying, and cause errors in third-party backup software, which is the spur to this article. At one stage Apple even recommended that they should be explicitly excluded from servers used for network backups or other storage. DS_Store files have caused plenty of trouble too. As with other under-the-hood features which Apple really doesn’t want you to know about, you’ll only come across it when it causes trouble. Inside pretty well every folder that you’ve ever opened is a hidden file, one which even showing hidden files doesn’t reveal.
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