.DS Store
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The correct title of this article is .DS_Store. The substitution or omission of an _ is due to technical restrictions.
.DS_Store (Desktop Services Store)[1] is a hidden file created by Apple Inc's Mac OS X operating system to store custom attributes of a folder such as the position of icons or the choice of a background image[2]. By default, Mac OS X will create a .DS_Store file in every folder that it accesses, even folders on remote systems (for example, folders shared over a SMB or AFP connection) and even if the user has only customized the appearance of the folder by moving its Finder window[3]. After complaints from users about these files being created on remote systems, Apple posted an article on their support site telling users how they can disable the creation of remote .DS_Store files over network connections[4].
Although these files were initially primarily used by the Finder they were envisioned as a more general purpose store of metadata about the display options of folders such as icon position and view settings[1]. For example, since Mac OS X Tiger (10.4), .DS_Store files contain the Spotlight Comments of all the folder's files.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Arno Gourdol (September 30, 2006). On the origins of .DS_Store. arno.org. Retrieved on October 1, 2006.
- ^ Adobe (February 24, 2003). Removing .DS_Store files on Macintosh OS X?. adobe.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2006.
- ^ Rixstep (May 21, 2003). .DS_Store. rixstep.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2006.
- ^ Apple Computer (May 24, 2005). Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections. www.apple.com/support/. Retrieved on September 29, 2006.
This Apple or Macintosh related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
