I'm not sure of the consistency but sometimes OS X makes hidden .filename
files where filename
is a name of another file in the same directory. I want to know how to disable this since USBs I insert and copy / move files to / from keep having this and it's annoying to have to delete them every time I plug the USB onto a non-Mac computer.
MacOS – How to prevent OS X from making “.filename” files
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Best Answer
What format is the volume in? If you mean the AppleDouble files that start with
._
, they are not normally created on HFS volumes. They are used to store metadata like extended attributes, ACLs, and resource forks on non-HFS volumes.You can delete the
._
files withfind
:If the volume is in an HFS format, you can use
dot_clean
to remove the._
files after merging the metadata stored in them with the metadata stored in native formats: