How to stop creating .DS_Store on Mac? [closed]

Answer 1

Please install http://asepsis.binaryage.com/ and then reboot your mac.

ASEPSIS redirect all .DS_Store on your mac to /usr/local/.dscage

After that, You could delete recursively all .DS_Store from your mac.

find ~ -name ".DS_Store" -delete
or
find <your path> -name ".DS_Store" -delete

You should repeat procedure after each Mac major update.

Answer 2

Put following line into your ".profile" file.

Open .profile file and copy this line

find ~/ -name '.DS_Store' -delete

When you open terminal window it will automatically delete your .DS_Store file for you.

Answer 3

this file starts to appear when you choose the system shows you the hidden files: $defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE If you run this command disapear $defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE Use terminal

Answer 4

NOTE: "Asepsis is no longer under active development and supported under OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and later."

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Here's a comprehensive review of your options. Asepsis (the second solution mentioned) seems to be what you're looking for, it re-routes .DS_Store creation to a unified cache instead of being located on every folder.

Answer 5

the function

find ~/ -name '.DS_Store' -delete

, removed the .DS store files temporarily. But am not sure , whether the files will came back on the Mac. Also i noticed something peculiar, the "DS_Store" start coming to the Mac after installing 'ATOM'. So guys please make it sure to scan properly your third party software before installing them. Best

Answer 6

Open Terminal. Execute this command:

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

Either restart the computer or log out and back in to the user account.

for more informations:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1629