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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 982431" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>There are some commands to disable some of those files from being created (like the ds_store files) but I don't know if there are entries for all of them - you'd probably have to do an internet search on each '.' file you're finding that needs to be deleted - since I leave hidden files off many times, I never really pay much attention to them any more.</p><p></p><p>There are a set of files that are created (think temp files in windows temp directory) when various operations are done, if I recall correctly, they are something like ._<filename> or something similar. </p><p></p><p>I had looked at NeXT a long time ago when it first came out (when I was in college), but I never actually owned one. But, as OSX kind of grew out of NeXT STEP OS and BSD, if you know the command line, you should be able to move around in OSX through the terminal.</p><p></p><p>one thing you might want to look into is if there is a way to tell your backup software to ignore files that start with ._, if you can do that you may remove a lot of your problems, and since those files are only OSX related, no real need to back them up...</p><p></p><p>That is weird, unless it's some sort of caching thing going on - like if it's trying to play but isn't reading enough of the file in advance to keep playing it without hiccups due to buffer. Is this over wifi or ethernet or both?</p><p></p><p>btw - forgot to add, welcome to the forums <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 982431, member: 89124"] There are some commands to disable some of those files from being created (like the ds_store files) but I don't know if there are entries for all of them - you'd probably have to do an internet search on each '.' file you're finding that needs to be deleted - since I leave hidden files off many times, I never really pay much attention to them any more. There are a set of files that are created (think temp files in windows temp directory) when various operations are done, if I recall correctly, they are something like ._<filename> or something similar. I had looked at NeXT a long time ago when it first came out (when I was in college), but I never actually owned one. But, as OSX kind of grew out of NeXT STEP OS and BSD, if you know the command line, you should be able to move around in OSX through the terminal. one thing you might want to look into is if there is a way to tell your backup software to ignore files that start with ._, if you can do that you may remove a lot of your problems, and since those files are only OSX related, no real need to back them up... That is weird, unless it's some sort of caching thing going on - like if it's trying to play but isn't reading enough of the file in advance to keep playing it without hiccups due to buffer. Is this over wifi or ethernet or both? btw - forgot to add, welcome to the forums ;) [/QUOTE]
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