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Pretty sure Apple at the very least injects a hidden file that easy to see if you plug the drive into an Apple device then into a non-Apple device; no idea why
by O__________O 4y ago
Pretty sure Apple at the very least injects a hidden file that easy to see if you plug the drive into an Apple device then into a non-Apple device; no idea why they are adding it, though 99% sure it is for file operation administration.
Edit: Appears at least one of the files added is called “ “.DS_Store” and is still around:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/19/google-drive-users-stung-by-macos-dsstore-copyright-infringement-issue/amp/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/19/google-drive-user...
- lynndotpy 4y agoI learned a roommate was snooping around my flash drives because of this. A bunch of .DS_Store folders appeared in a drive that I had never connected to an OSX machine
- csydas 4y agoDS_Store just includes basic window configuration information for Macs. Stuff like list vs icons, size of the columns, etc, so you have a consistent UI look when you're accessing your remote drives. It can be toggled to avoid it on removable devices when they're connected to Macs. It's benign, though I guess annoying to some non-Mac users.
- tehbeard 4y agoIt's the equivalent of desktop.ini on windows, so yeah finder customisation etc.. Expect Mac software does fuck all to prevent it "leaking", so pretty much every zip from a Mac user contains one of these in each folder. Only case we had desktop.ini do the same was with Dropbox.