HiThe easiest way is to install something like Tinkertool that exposes a good number of these hidden preferences. In tinkertool it's under the Finder section. Alternatively, you can use this command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true This preference is on a per-user basis. On Oct 7, 2008, at 05:10, David Poehlman wrote:
how do I control them on remote shares? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schmude" <j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:32 AM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: flash drives Hi OS X has a hidden preference to not create these over network shares, but I haven't found a way to prevent them being created on flash drives. The reason they are created is that the Mac filesystem, HFS+, supports many different metadata tags on its files. These are used for numerous purposes, such as storing the file's custom icon and window position, and custom character encodings, etc. They are also spotlight indexing files, and one of them (.trash) is that drive's trash folder. Since the windows filesystems don't support this kind of metadata directly, these files are created to hold it. The Mac reads these transparently, but any non-Mac system will see them and will not know what to do, consequently they will show up on the file browser. You get the same result if you use the Mac's archive utility to create a zip archive of any folders on an HFS+ drive, the metadata is stored along with it, if there is any. Turning off spotlight indexing for that drive will reduce the number of these files, but will not completely eliminate them. At the very least the .DS_Store and .trash folders will remain. I wish I knew how to make them stop appearing on flash drives, but I don't. I've only been able to control their behavior on remote shares. On Oct 6, 2008, at 18:46, Sara wrote:Great question would love to know. I suspect they are spotlight indexers or something. I find it annoying to see these all over flash drives. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] flash drivesHi all. I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to prevent the mac from creating the hidden folders when connecting a flash drive or using a card reader. I switch between my mac and pc, and always see 2 or 3 folders that start with a period when using this media on my windows computer, I was just wondering if there was a way to indicate that I do not want these folders created.Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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