ds store.ggggrrrrrrrrr

[chiliman321]

as a brand new mac user i was totally enjoying the experience...untill i started having these Da$m DS STORE file appearing....mannnn...now i have deleted these files with MacPilot....and they keep coming back....i am a bit reluctant about this OS now...(10.4.8).and help ideas for this nusance?.

[bobw]

Terminal Command to prevent

Not a good idea to do this though. DS_STORE is what keeps the info for your files/folders.

[eric2006]

Aren't these files invisible, in a normal Finder? I don't see them, anyways.

I found a program called hide-a-folder, and it will hide folders you don't want to see.

[chiliman321]

wow thanks for all the quick help...i just hid them...but i will say this mac here just got slower....hmmmm.....well its my own fault!...i am ALWAYS trying to tinker under the hood......i bought this used....g4 667mhz....its been way cool for the last week....but i am haveing some slowdown issues....i went to the startupitems but im not that familar with what should stay and what should go...so i will just kinda feel my way thru it...and of course crash it a few times....reinstall and well...all the stuff ive done thousands of times on my windoz machines.....i truly apprieciate having a place to come for help....thanks much to you all!!

[lucidmcmillan]

Yea, the DS store should be a hidden file. Techniquely there's one in every folder. If you're seeing them then I suggest that you've done something pretty bad somewhere. There is a script called Sneak A Peak which allows you tno see hidden folders/files.

If you are going to go playing about deleting things to see what happens, you will have to do reinstalls.

You shouldn't have anything in startupitems unless you've installed it for yourselve. For instance I have MySQL in there.

[chiliman321]

well thanks friend...as a rule i like to SEE ALL my files on the drive. Its just something i do. On windowz machines there are many possibilitys for spyware, adware and viruses. So for this reason i always do it. But im in a different world now and things work abit differently...(they work )..so i am learning a new way to work........ i apprieciate all the help and comments...

[eric2006]

You're going to run into issues if the system items are un-hidden, you don't need to mess with those files, and if you do, you can easily use Terminal or something. There's no viruses that you're going to prevent by viewing invisible files, you're just going to create more problems. To hide system files, do this:

In terminal, type: "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO"
To make the changes take effect, type "killall Finder"

You can reverse that by changing the "NO" to "YES"

[chiliman321]

thanks friend...so what is my best option for making this old g4 run quicker?..i have looked at several accelerators but was wondering what seems to be preferred?...thanks again...