How to deal with invisible files

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How to deal with invisible files

I am creating presentations in Keynote and then exporting them as JPG files to a USB which I then insert into a TV to create a rolling presentation at work. This works fine except that there is a small invisible file created for each image that are not visible on the mac but show up in the slide show on the tv. I have tried using the terminal to show invisibles. When I do that, it shows invisible files which have a "." prefix. This does not show these files which have a "._" prefix. I am able to delete these files by saving to the USB and then using a PC to show the files, but I would obviously like to skip that step. Any ideas?

Posted on Nov 20, 2012 3:39 PM

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Munas

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Nov 20, 2012 3:46 PM in response to Lee Rodgers

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/

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Lee Rodgers Author

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Nov 20, 2012 4:13 PM in response to Munas

That might be a good idea, but I am looking for a free patch or some other way to do it rather than a commercial product. Thanks.

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Munas

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Nov 20, 2012 4:15 PM in response to Lee Rodgers

you may try this sollution http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629

not sure if is solves ._ files problem.

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Nov 21, 2012 6:14 AM in response to Lee Rodgers

There is a command line utility called dot_clean that will remove ._ files. ._ files contain OS X metadata be careful removing them. Any file that uses a resource fork may get corrupt.

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