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Robert O.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

How to stop ._ (dot dash) files being uploaded

I recently switched my storage folder from internal hard drive to my external drive. Since then, in every drive there's a duplicate under the extension of ._xxxx as well as "conflicted copy of xxxx"....
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  • Richard P.'s avatar
    Richard P.
    9 years ago

    There is no way to hide ._ files, they are created by OSX to store extended attributes when the files are on a filesystem that doesnt support OSX extended attributes.

    How much space they take up depends on the data stored in them - most of the time they are less than a Kilobyte in size.

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Richard P.
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9 years ago

There is no way to hide ._ files, they are created by OSX to store extended attributes when the files are on a filesystem that doesnt support OSX extended attributes.

How much space they take up depends on the data stored in them - most of the time they are less than a Kilobyte in size.

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