Thumb Drives

I use a thumb drive to transfer video files. I have found that my Mac does not show the background files and in order to delete the info, I have to put it in a pc. is there a setting that I can change to view all files on the thumb drive?

What exactly do you mean by doesn't show background files?

When you move video files there are background files that transfer with it but dont show up on Mac, but they do on PC.
background file folders
.fseventesd
.spotlight-V100
.Trashes
._.Trashes
._.movie.mov

Here's a description of what these files do. These files are present on the Mac but are normally invisible. They can safely be ignored.

ronoutdoors said:

When you move video files there are background files that transfer with it but dont show up on Mac, but they do on PC.
background file folders
.fseventesd
.spotlight-V100
.Trashes
._.Trashes
._.movie.mov

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Like Slydude stated those can be ignored. However, there are utilities you can use which will cause those files to not be created which is handy when copying to a PC or Smartphone other than an iPhone.

Thanks for the help