[Mac] How to Configure Not to Create .DS_Store Files

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Tue, September 11, 2012

When accessing Windows shared disks from Mac, a .DS_Store file is created in each directory.

To configure not to create .DS_Store files, just run the following command in Terminal and restart.

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

That’s all.

Reference Information

That’s all from the Gemba.