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vickiecomrie
3,248 PointsWhat is DS_Store and why does it keep downloading itself onto my Windows machine?
is it of any value?
2 Answers
Jonathan Williamson
3,047 PointsQuoting Wikipedia:
.DS_Store (short for Desktop Services Store) is a hidden file with a proprietary format created by OS X to store custom attributes of a folder such as the position of icons or the choice of a background image.
Most likely the DS_Store file is being added by someone else on the project that is working on a Mac. If you're using Git for version control, then consider adding .DS_Store to your gitignore
You can also just continuously delete the DS_Store file, it won't harm anything.
vickiecomrie
3,248 PointsThanks -- great advice