HT1750 DS_Store file

What's a DS_Store? How can I delete that?
I been trying to delete a ds_store file but I dont know how.

The .DS_Store (a.k.a. Desktop Services Store) is a hidden file that OS X creates to store folder attributes like folder icons, background images, and more. By default, Finder will automatically create this hidden file in any folder it accesses. The most common reason that you'd actually see this file in the Finder is that at some point, you've enabled the viewing of hidden folders in the Finder. Do undo this, open Terminal (found in Applications, Utilities) and copy and paste this text that is in bold:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
Then it return on the keyboard. Now type in: Killall Finder
then hit the return key. Now the .DS_Store should be gone.
Hope this helps!

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How to permanently stop creation of .DS_Store files on desktop?

Ever since attempting to use .ds_store on Terminal to find hidden iTunes files, the system will not stop creating .DS_Store files on the desktop. I've tried using the defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true command, to no avail. I'm relatively new to using Terminal, so if someone could offer any tips, that would be good. The file creation is more of an annoyance than a real problem, but I want to know how to stop it, since there is no info on this in other places. Thanks! ~ Eva

The DSDontWriteNetworkStores command only prevents creation on shared network drives.
.DS_Store files are always created locally (unless using something like TotalFinder to prevent that)
The reason you now see them on the Desktop is likely because during the process to track down iTunes files you enabled the option to "see" hidden files - issue the following command in Terminal to "undo" that:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false
If you want the change to be immediate (rather than after logging out & back in or rebooting) then simply "restart" the Finder app, again in Terminal:
killall Finder
Johnny.

How can I keep lion from generating .DS_Store files on windows network partitions, but not disable it for all network partitions?

How can I keep lion from generating .DS_Store files on windows network partitions, but not disable it for all network partitions? I am fimilar with changing the setting for all network partitions(defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true), but that is undesirable when I connect my laptop to my home network. A preferable solution would be where I could control the writing of these files based on disk format (NTFS vs HFS+).

Go to MacUpdate or CNET Downloads and search for ds_store. There are numerous utilities for preventing them from being transferred to Windows systems.

How do I create a new .DS_Store file for the Desktop?

I have an account, in this case it is the System Administrator account (which I seldom use), where the Desktop icons all scrunch up to the right side of the screen. I can re-arrange them, but when I log out and sign back on, the icons are shifted back to the right side of the screen. I thought perhaps I had a corrupted .DS_Store file that needed to be removed. However, it turns out that I can find no .DS_Store file to remove for this account. Finder just doesn't seem to be able to create a new one. I'm not sure how or when the old one disappeared.
Any suggestions how I can get the Finder or something else to create a new .DS_Store for the Desktop so that icons will stay put?

I think I found an answer (not a solution) to my problem. Consulting with Apple Support, there is no way for the System Administrator's desktop to "remember" the positions of icons from one session to the next. They will always move to the right-hand side of the screen when you log back in. Apparently this is a change that occurred with OS 10.6.4. No reason by Apple given for the change, nor is it readily apparent to me why the Desktop or Finder in the System Admin account should work any differently than in any other account. Might simply be an oversight or a bug.
If anybody has a fix, I would appreciate learning about it.

Copy Interruptus - what is a ".DS_Store file"?

Hi, I'm running an old MacBook Pro (3+ years old), and I'm going to try install an SSD drive to speed this tired, but most wonderful critter up. I've already backed up the HD (500 GB), but the SSD (240GB) is smaller so I'm trying to move files off.
I thought I might strip out everything that wasn't applications and the operating system and later put back what I really need but I keep getting these messages about ".DS_Store" files, as I copy different folders and the copying keeps comes to a crashing halt.
Is there something I can do or do I need to grab an expert?
And I apologize but I'm pretty much a luddite at the technical details & computer code, so can someone explain ssssslllllloooooowwwwwyyyyy. LOL
Thanks,
Joel

These are generated, at least in my experience, by Macs
talking to
non-Macs. Whenever I copy files from my Mac to a shared
network drive
(on a PC machine), every folder I open from the Mac gets this
.DS STORE
file added. No biggie and shouldn't cause any problems.
There's no
Captivate association/requirement - delete/ignore as needed.
Erik
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> Does anyone know what a DS Store File is, and whether
that file is involved in
> the full motion sequence?
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Home Directory Synchronisation and "DS_Store" files

I have five clients on Tiger connected to a Tiger server. All clients are 10.4.8.
Initially I turned Home Synchronising on, but since turned it off, realising I don't really need it. One of the clients, with the biggest profile, still keeps synchronising files. They often get the following message in relation to "DS_Store" files:
You do not have permission to synchronize this file. You can check
your permissions in the Info window in the Finder
Name: .DS_Store
Size: 6.15 KB
Modified: 09/02/2007 10:09 AM
Location: Documents/Work - laptop/office/folders/.DS_Store
My questions:
1. As I haven't apparently turned off Home Sync'ing (via the Workgroup application), what else can I check?
2. What does a DS_Store file do?
3. Will it kill something if I delete all the DS_Store files I can find, so they no longer synchronise?
4. Alternatively, how can I enable DS_Store files to be replicated?
Thanks,
Sam

A .DS_Store file is an invisible what controls what you see in every folder/directory. The most imoportant one is the one which controls the Desktop folder in your home directory. The Desktop folder is always open—it's what you see on your desktop when the Finder is running. If you delete the file, for any folder, including the Desktop, it'll be recreated as soon as you reopen the folder or relaunch the Finder, in the case of the Desktop .DS_Store file.
I can't answer your query WRT tp synchronization or servers. You might post the problem to the Servers forum.

NTFS-3G - Help setting up, and getting rid of .DS_Store files

Hello All,
I'm new to the Mac world so please bare with me. I installed this last night using a video from CNET on youtube, but the final command line they gave didn't work. I eventually mounted the disk and it seemed to work, however there were strange files and folders on the disk when I went back into Vista.
So I reinstalled everything and now I'm ready to try it again.
Could someone please give me a step by step way (step 1. Install Mac Fuse) of setting up Ntfs-3g and any command lines or anything I would need to use. Call me lame, but I don't understand the instructions as I keep finding different ones everywhere I look.
Secondly, could someone explain why I keep getting .DS_Store files and similar ones like that when I navigate into Windows? I realize these must be Mac system/meta files, but they're clogging up everything. Is there a way to either have them not be written, or be hidden/cleaned by vista.
Thanks for your help!
Jeff

actually, what would work awesome as well is a single directory where I could just put the files in that I need or want to modify....that would be another cool option if anyone knows how.

HT1455 G-4 Showing .DS_Store file ?

I have a .DS_Store file appearing on my desktop. What is this file and why cant I have trash remove these files?

They're normally hidden part of OSX/HFS+
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10478
Invisibility Toggler - 1.1...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32246
InVisibles - 1.5...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14722

How to make Finder use a copied .DS_Store file?

Hi,
since the Finder still does not allow applying view options to multiple folders I tried, yet again, to do this manually:
Create folder A and populate with stuff
Create folder B and populate with stuff
Verify that both folders use the system default folder view options
Verify that no Finder window shows the contents of A or B
Change the view options on folder A
Copy the .DS_Store file from folder A to folder B including the extended attributes
Kill the Finder
Open a Finder window in folder B and still it shows the system default view options
Folder A is still fine
Steps 6 and 7 were performed and verified in the shell (Terminal) with cp, xattr and kill etc.
Which process do I need to kill in order for the Finder window of folder B to reflect the copied view options?
Or is the inital approach of copying a .DS_Store file already wrong, where else are these options stored?
Thanks

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Using Dynpages instead of webdynpro may not be an option in your case, though, depending on what other features of webdynpro you are using.
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Finder data not being written to .DS_Store file

The symptom of the problem I am experiencing is that the position of icons on my desktop (as well as icons in other folders in my home directory, as well as Finder window settings for folder in my home directory) are lost every time I log out. On a subsequent login, all of the icons "reflow" starting from the top right corner of the screen, just below the boot volume icon. I have been able to determine that this has to do with the .DS_Store file(s) in the Desktop folder and other folders of my home directory. If a .DS_Store file exists, the timestamp does not change when I change the icon layout and logout. If I delete the .DS_Store file, it is not re-created.
In my case, my home directory (and the child Desktop folder) is being mounted off an SMB share on a Windows 2003 server. My Mac is using AD authentication to the same Windows 2003 server, which is the domain controller. I'm logging in with my AD credentials, and my home directory mapping is picked up from the home directory field in AD.
Now, Googling this problem, I found a lot of people complaining about wanting to suppress the use/creation of the .DS_Store files on Windows network volumes. This led to an Apple KB article (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629) on how to modify a default to prevent the creation of .DS_Store files on network volumes--essentially the very behavior I am experiencing. The upshot of the KB article is to us the following command in terminal:
*defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true*
I did a 'defaults read' to confirm this default isn't set on my install of Mac OS X 10.5.6--and it isn't. I then tried using the following variation in the hope I could force the behavior I wanted:
*defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores false*
Predictably, this had to effect.
The upshot is, NONE of the Finder data for files and folders in my home directory (icon positions, Finder view window defaults, etc.) is preserved between logons. And this is driving me nuts! I've spent several hours over the past two evening trying to troubleshoot this, and I've had no luck.
As a footnote, I'll mention that if I drag a folder from my home directory onto the local hard disk, the .DS_Store file is created/updated and things behave as expected (icon position and Finder window defaults are preserved). But, if I then drag the folder back over to my home directory, the values in the .DS_Store file become "frozen" and don't change.

Hey, try this:
1.
Put a file in a folder on your Desktop.
Edit: not your Desktop, but rather a typical local home on an HFS+ volume ~/Desktop
2.
Use "Get Info" to add a "Comment".
The comment can be up to somewhere between 700 and 800 characters.
3.
Copy the folder to a FAT formatted flash drive, SMB share, etc.
4.
Create a new folder on the flash drive.
5.
Move the file from the first folder to the second folder.
Confirm that the "Finder" shows the comment to be there.
6.
Quit the "Finder" - in 10.4 and earlier, this action would ensure that all .DS_Store files get updated, including transfer of comments. I.e. don't "relaunch" or "kill", etc. Enable and user the "Quit" menu, or use:<pre>
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to quit</pre>
7.
Now where's the comment?
In step 2, you could also have just created a file on the non-HFS volume and wasted your time typing in a 700 character comment.
In step 6, a more real-world scenario is ejecting the drive or logging out, but deliberately quitting the "Finder" is the most conservative way to ensure that changes get written to .DS_Store files and comments survive. In 10.5.6, even under these conditions, comments are lost.
Icon positions and view preferences are one thing, but with comments - that's real user-inputted data that Apple is playing fast and loose with. And if they no longer support comments on non-HFS volumes, the "Finder" shouldn't be showing you the comments when you double-check them in step 5, or allow them to be added in the alternate version of step 2.
..."C'mon Apple... what gives here?"...
Unfortunately, this "Discussions" site is not frequented by Apple devs. Have you considered filing a bug report? I wonder what they would tell you, eg. if the treatment of .DS_Store files actually does turn out to be a bug or is intentional as it suspiciously seems...
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/index.html

How to compress or zip excluding '.DS_Store' files

I have to create a zip file in order to upload multiple files to a specific application. Unfortunately, it rejects the zip created on a Mac because it contains
hidden files. Any solutions besides going to Parallels everytime I need to do this. It would be much appreciated.

Found this:
http://bechster.com/zip-a-folder-on-mac-osx-without-the-pesky-ds_store-files/
I've not tried it myself.
The other way would be to make the invisible files visible and remove them first, then zip.

.DS_Store files undo delete command in Terminal

I was copying large quantities of files to a poorly formatted LaCie 3T external drive and kept coming up with interruptions in copying because the Finder kept "seeing" the creation of .DS_Store files. I researched and found a command for Terminal which stopped the OS from creating .DS_Store files. I restarted my laptop and sure enough, no more .DS files are being created.
I was then able to complete the massive transfer, I reformatted the drive, and returned all of the files to the 3T drive. Now everything's working alright.
My question is... How do I return the creation of .DS_Store files back to normal?
Can anyone drop me a line that I can insert into the terminal command line and get it done?
Thanks in advance.

You know, I did that, and nothing happened. So I then decided to re-install M.L., and I'm now manufacturing .DS_Store files with abandon.
I've been reading that it's not a popular kind of file for folks, especially those who are working with variously formatted devices. There are some obscure advantages to having the files sit around the hard drive.
Thanks for your advice, however. It's good to know that I wasn't so far off.

Blocking or removing .DS_Store files

Noticed today that when our mac users mount File Folders with webdav, they're littering the .DS_Store files all across the filesystem. They then show up in the web view. Is there a function somewhere to either block the .DS_Store files from being created on the webdav directory, or to hide them if created?
I know we can go machine to machine and block their creation via a terminal preference setting, and we might do that the next round of imaging, but we've got too many to do in a short amount of time.
P

I have not done any configuration of DAV on Tomcat, but I have an idea about
another way you could do this.
We use an Apache httpd to reverse-Proxy our HA-Teaming-boxes, and I'm pretty
confident (means: would have to dig into that to confirm) that in the Apache
config you are able to filter/drop/ReWrite requests that contain the
".DS_Store" value in them.
To use Apache httpd like that, follow
http://www.novell.com/documentation/...a/bktg8a9.html
and just configure one BalancerMember for the Cluster.
HTH,
Chris
On 19.05.2010 22:06, petefuller wrote:
> Noticed today that when our mac users mount File Folders with webdav,
> they're littering the .DS_Store files all across the filesystem. They
> then show up in the web view. Is there a function somewhere to either
> block the .DS_Store files from being created on the webdav directory, or
> to hide them if created?
> I know we can go machine to machine and block their creation via a
> terminal preference setting, and we might do that the next round of
> imaging, but we've got too many to do in a short amount of time.
> P
>
>

What are .ds_store files and can they be removed?

What are .ds_store files and can they be removed?

Probably the easiest way is to use Onyx.
If you show invisibles you can see ds_store in each folder.
Open Terminal.app (it's in /Applications/Utilities) and copy & paste this command at the prompt...
sudo chflags nohidden
Press return.
The reverse is
sudo chflags hidden

Is there a way to list all .DS_Store files for selective deletion?

I routinely run VirusBarrier X6 antivirus software. Every time I do, it gets hung up on a single .DS_Store file for days on end, and I have no way to ascertain where the file is located. I understand that .DS_Store files are hidden and in every folder, so I was wondering if there was a way to list all of them via Spotlight or a Terminal command line. Whenever VirusBarrier has been hung up on a system file in the past, it's been freakishly large. I figured if I could list and sort all of the .DS_Store files, it might help me to pinpoint the one responsible for the hang-up. I know about the Terminal command to show all hidden files, but I do not know how to view them all together in a sortable list by size.
I am also aware of the Terminal command that deletes all .DS_Store files on your computer, but I've read that it may lead to catastrophic results. I'm not looking to cripple my computer over a virus software hang-up.
Thank you.

I'm not looking to cripple my computer over a virus software hang-up.
The computer is already crippled. Remove the Intego product, which is worse than useless and worse than the imaginary "viruses" would be if they really existed, which they don't, by following the instructions on this page. If you have a different version, the procedure may be different.
Back up all data before making any changes.

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