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Wanft's avatar
Wanft
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P (error MacOs Ventura)

 Hello,   how can I set a folder to be ignored in MacOS ventura? this one only works on on 12.3 and earlier:  xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 and the one supposed to work on 12.5 and above ...
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  • razorflash's avatar
    razorflash
    2 years ago

    so the correct command is

     

     

     

    xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 ./YOUR_FOLDER

     

     

     

Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago
Wanft wrote:

 ... the one supposed to work on 12.5 and above fails with No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P (macos ventura 13.4)

xattr -d 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P'

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Hi Wanft,

Yes, of course, you need to set an attribute to be available and after that you can wipe it out (without error). If the attribute was removed already or has never been set, you'll get such error. 🤫 Just looks like some Dropbox staff, that write help articles, probably got engaged looking at some nearby colleagues (may be 😜) and replaced 'set' command to 'remove' command ( -w to -d etc.). Don't bother, people's feelings.

Hope this clarifies matter.

  • razorflash's avatar
    razorflash
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    it's incredible how not reliable this is!!!

    • razorflash's avatar
      razorflash
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago

      so the correct command is

       

       

       

      xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 ./YOUR_FOLDER

       

       

       

      • Wanft's avatar
        Wanft
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        Thanks Razor. Your answer is correct. the help docs are misleading.

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