Mac OS X's placement of windows is determined by the .DS_Store files that are located within each folder in the system. When users change window size and location, placement information is stored in ...

For every window in Mac OS X, a hidden file called ".DS_Store" contains the information on how the window is to be displayed (such as, which columns are shown for "list" mode, icon sizes, window ...

Google Drive was seen flagging '.DS_Store' files generated by macOS file systems as a violation of its copyright infringement policy. '.DS_Store' is a metadata file commonly seen by Apple users when ...

Dan from UneasySilence works between Windows and Mac OS a lot, and like most multi-environment users, he shares folders between his Mac and PC. However, he's not a big fan of the litter of thumbs.db ...

Does anyone know if Leopard will still write .DS_Store files to network volumes? Id really like Leopard to NOT do this by default. <BR><BR>Anyone know why Mac OS X (Finder) write .DS_Store files to ...

Just saw a reference to this kb article in the Macenterprise (old macosxlabs.org) mailinglist.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode ...

Google Drive is causing problems for some macOS users, as the ubiquitous ".DS_Store" files are being misinterpreted by the cloud storage service as documents that ...