Ghost files from Mac attached to .jpegs on memory stick shared with PC users-Causing Issues for PC users.

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Ghost files from Mac attached to .jpegs on memory stick shared with PC users-Causing Issues for PC users.

I have seen a few of the other posts here, and they are very helpful with the diagnosis. But, when I am sharing jpeg files on a stick, there are several hundred to as much as 1200+ files on a memory stick. This creates a headache for my friends or customers that want to view their photos on a PC. How can I initially remove or just omit these files before I save the "wanted" files on a memory stick.? All this without having to download some special software that may or not be "safe".

Thanks for any info..

-PR

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Dec 21, 2023 6:15 AM

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VikingOSX

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Dec 21, 2023 6:57 AM in response to prhodes323

If the "ghost files" you refer to on FAT32 or exFAT formatted memory sticks appear as dot underscore (e.g. ._) prefaced files, you can remove all of that category naming convention with a single macOS Terminal command aimed at your mounted memory stick volume name:

/usr/sbin/dot_clean -m /Volumes/drivename

This only removes the "._" files and not the regular named files. Those Microsoft drive formats do not support certain aspects of macOS files that are then split out as dot underscore resource fork files.

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Ghost files from Mac attached to .jpegs on memory stick shared with PC users-Causing Issues for PC users.

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