| Tip 312 | Avoid Cluttering Network Shares with .DS_store Files |
If you access a network share with Windows computers, you might have heard your fellow users complain about small DS_store files that appear like breadcrumbs wherever you browse. These are Mac system files that contain data about the directory and are hidden when a Mac browses the folder. However, they’re not essential.
Deactivating the Writing of .DS_store Files on Networks
To configure your Mac so these files are not written to network shared folders, open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the Utilities folder), and type the following:
| | defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores ... |
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