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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"....
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.
@Atiqah: Been there, done that. You'll still backup the ._ files. What we did was set aside some time daily for about a week and assigned folders to team members to delete the files. Have people who have the app on their devices uninstall them until it's the cleanup is done so the files don't get resynced. Good luck
