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minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 days agomacOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 days agoRight, so anything that might be used with other machines.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files. Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems. If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
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minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoHuh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure. In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason
minus-squarejust some guy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoTo add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list
macOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
Right, so anything that might be used with other machines.
ZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files.
Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems.
If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
Removed by mod
Huh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure.
In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason
To add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list