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[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Very cool, I'm still kinda confused why .DS_Store is the identifier for such a folder but still cool Thanks

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

On Unix and Unix-like systems when a file or directory name starts with a . its hidden by default.

This convention is maintained in the UI for MacOS so you don't see the .DS_Store directory unless you ask to show hidden files.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago*

On any non Mac native filesystem I think. Anything that MacOS can read but isn't the original filesystem (it used to be HFS, a long time ago, I have no idea what it is nowadays) will be peppered with those metadata files, disk, floppy, thumb drive, whatever.