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Jun 1, 2016 11:13 AM in response to charliemaungby macjack,★HelpfulThere is an invisible ds_store file in every folder on your Mac, Desktop is just a folder like the rest. Sometimes the invisibly can get toggled off. You can fix that by launching Terminal from your Utilities folder and then copy/paste this command at the prompt:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles False && killall Finder
Press Return
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Jun 1, 2016 9:43 AM in response to charliemaungby Grant Bennet-Alder,small, invisible .DS_Store files record the position and presentation of the windows in a folder for viewing in the Finder. They allow you to see the same files in the same places when you open the window again later.
They are a part of Mac OS, and are completely unrelated to any virus or other malware.
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Jun 1, 2016 11:13 AM in response to macjackby charliemaung,★HelpfulDear macjack
Thanks for your kind suggestion. But, I typed the link at the terminal, and it does not change anything.
Best Wishes
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Jun 1, 2016 10:44 AM in response to charliemaungby macjack,It should, did you copy and paste it? Terminal is very fussy about syntax every space and dot must there.
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Jun 1, 2016 11:12 AM in response to macjackby charliemaung,Dear macjack,
Thank you very much! It worked well after my third effort.
Great job.
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Sep 8, 2016 6:15 AM in response to charliemaungby YashRawat,Sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;
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Sep 8, 2016 6:30 AM in response to YashRawatby Luis Sequeira1,You don't want to do that. (*)
As was said already, these .DS_Store files are usually hidden and used by the Finder to know how to display the contents of each folder. There is nothing wrong with having those files.
(*) (and it would not work as written anyway...)
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Sep 8, 2016 6:35 AM in response to YashRawatby Csound1,YashRawat wrote:
Sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;
Way to go there, instruction on how to fail to remove files that should not be removed anyway. A perfect pairing.
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Sep 8, 2016 6:46 AM in response to charliemaungby Grant Bennet-Alder,The tool I prefer is a free Utility TinkerTool, by Marcel Bresink, which allows access to many options for programs on your Mac, but does not modify the programs, only the settings. There is a pane featuring options for Finder:
https://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
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