DS_Store files

Kurt Lang wrote:

that by deleting the hidden .DS_Store files one would be able to make the default view of folders the way one wants them to look.

Nope. It causes them to revert to whatever the default view is.

If you want all new folders to have a particular layout, create a new folder somewhere other than the desktop. Open the folder and press Command+J. Change the folder to exactly how you want all new folders to appears, which can be as simple as changing the spacing of the columns in List view. Any such change to the open folder, or the check boxes on the view options palette will cause the Use as Defaults button to activate.

When you have things the way you prefer, click the defaults button and close the palette. All new folders will take on those characteristics. The only thing it won't necessarily do is place the new folder's opened window in exactly the same spot on the screen, but its view contents will be as you set them.

Hi Kurt,

It seems yours is the right approach to having all folder show the same way.

Now, the only remaining problem is how to get rid of all DS_Store, .bin, and other unwanted files that have suddenly appeared and keep appearing in all and every folder, which cannot be deleted on account of having followed X423424X's advice.

Thank you for your help, regards.

X423424X wrote:

As you discovered the finder is always going to create .DS_Store files. Snow Leopard view options at one folder level affect all nested levels unless a particular level changes its view. So you probably need to remove the .DS_Store of the folder you want changed as well as the enclosing folder. You also need to restart the finder immediately after doing this. Then set to view options of the enclosing folder and the nested folder.

Unfortunately, I followed your advice only to get unwanted DS_Store and so many other files that are all crowding every single folder in my system and cannot get rid of them.

I do not mean to blame you, though; I can only blame myself for two things: 1-not being so OS X savvy; and 2-for not having checked first.

Kurt Lang wrote:

For some reason, your Mac is showing files that are supposed to be hidden. Open the Terminal application and enter these two lines one at a time.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles false

killall Finder

Success! Thank you so much Kurt, regards

X423424X wrote:

Ruben Tomasov wrote:

Unfortunately, I followed your advice only to get unwanted DS_Store and so many other files that are all crowding every single folder in my system and cannot get rid of them.

I do not mean to blame you, though; I can only blame myself for two things: 1-not being so OS X savvy; and 2-for not having checked first.

I did say the finder is always going to create .DS_Store's. With you having the Finder setting to show invisibles you are going to see them. Changing the setting to hide invisibles as mentioned above does just that, hides them from being seen. Out of sight, out of mind. They are still there of course.

That is why I wrote "I do not mean to blame you, though; I can only blame myself."

Nevertheless, you were wrong about folder view options.