Mac "_." files

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Susan Brandoli

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Are "_." files STILL an issue? I can't find any postings later than 2003.
My 2009 Mac is still getting these files. They do not show up on Finder however Dreamweaver brings them all up and I have to continually wade through hundreds of these things before getting to valid files.
How can I get rid of these or at least turn them off?
 
Hi, thanks for the reply. I was out of town for a few days.
I did this in terminal but no success. Do I need to enter a directory or path or is it supposed to run automatically?
Thank again
 
So you want to get rid of them completely? Too disable .ds_store files you can run this in the Terminal:


defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

You'll have to log out or restart for the change to take place.



If you feel like paying $17 than a program called BlueHarvest will get rid of .ds_store and ._ files.
 
BreatheCarolina said:
If you feel like paying $17 than a program called BlueHarvest will get rid of .ds_store and ._ files.
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I have BlueHarvest and TinkerTool System which has most of the features of BlueHarvest but I find that the handiest and quickest way to handle these files is dot_clean.

If the remote drive is mounted via MacFuse you can even cd to the remote server and use dot_clean there or copy dot_clean to the (Linux/Unix) server and use it directly via ssh.
 
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