On May 8, 9:41 am, Andrew King <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to prevent OSX from writing hidden files to removable devices?
I noticed that older versions of OSX (possibly with cheap usb[2]
upgrade cards) write a lot more junk, for instance FINDER.DAT files,
those may confuse my mp3 player but certainly more of a hassle, error
producing to move things around in finder for me too.

A little harder to remove too.

But the other things like .DStore, and so forth don't bother mine, in
fact I hide files in the folder .Trashes (since my actual trash
appears in a subfolder with my user id, i can create more subfolders
in .Trashes with no worries) (note the .Trashes visible to me in
Finder because I have used a utility to make them so).

What kind of player are you using, does it have a brand (mine just
says "Digital Audio" on the side, it cost me $20, works great tho)
>
> It's a mild annoyance when I plug a USB drive into a windows machine
> but it really confuses my MP3 player which actually crashes if I try
> to play one of the formerly hidden files.
> I can scroll  past all the ._ files, is there a better solution?
> Anyway can anyone suggest some terminal command magic to train the OS
> to omit the hidden files?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
>
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