They store attributes used by the Finder for the they're within [0]. You can set a Mac to prevent their creation on mounted network volumes [1] but to my knowle

They store attributes used by the Finder for the they're within [0]. You can set a Mac to prevent their creation on mounted network volumes [1] but to my knowledge there isn't an option to prevent their creation on local volumes. For Samba shares, you can configure it to prevent their creation. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208209 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208209 [2] https://e-rave.nl/disable-creation-of-ds_store-files-on-samba-shares https://e-rave.nl/disable-creation-of-ds_store-files-on-samb...