Junk files when transferring music to my W800i (only on Mac, not on Windws)

Hi there,
When ripping CDs using iTunes in Windows to .m4a, I'm able to transfer these .m4a files to my Sony Ericsson W800i phone with no problems, and when browsing the tunes on the Walkman software, the songs come up in order, with the correct titles and am able to play all the files.
However, I've just bought a new Macbook, and have attempted to do the same thing, ie, rip CDs to .m4a format in iTunes, and then transfer the tunes to my W800i. The files transfer across ok, but when I view the tunes using the Walkman software on the phone, not only do the files themselves show up, but a bunch of non-playable junk files show up as well.
EG:
If I transferred U2's "All that you can't leave" album to my phone in Windows, on the Walkman software, the following would show up on the phone screen:
Beautiful Day
Stuck in A Moment
Elevation
Walk On
Kite
In A Little While
Transferred across using the Macbook:
Beautiful Day
._Beautiful Day.m4a
Stuck in A Moment
._Stuck in A Moment.m4a
Elevation
._Elevation.m4a
When I enable "Show Hidden Files" using the terminal, these extra "._abc.m4a" files don't appear on either the harddrive of the mac, or the memory stick of the W800i.
The "._abc.m4a" files don't play, and the Walkman software skips them when playing, however, when playing a 12 track album, the total number of songs shows as 24, and the software will skip from track 1 to 3 to 5, etc.
When I check out these files using the File Manager on the W800i, the files show up here as well, but when I press the information dialogue, the filesize doesn't show up, nor a length (where for the playable files it would show up 1.8MB, 2:40minutes).
Does anyone know why these junk files are created when the the files are transferred across using the Mac, and not when using Windows? Any help would be much appreciated.

I've used Bluetooth in the past to transfer files, and the junk files are not created, only when using USB. And I'd rather put up with the junk files than wait for 2gigs worth of songs to transfer by Bluetooth.
However, if there is a way of transferring these files without the junk via USB, then that would be extremely helpful.

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