How to stop creating DS Store on Mac

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I m developing sites on mac and every time I create some folder  or file in that folder   DS Store is created in that folder   How to prevent creating  DS Store  file

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Open Terminal  Execute this command   defaults write com apple desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true   Either restart the computer or log out and back in to the user account   for more informations   http   support apple com kb ht1629

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Its is possible by using mach inject  Take a look at Death to  DS Store       I found that overriding HFSPlusPropertyStore  FlushChanges   with a   function that simply did nothing  successfully prevented the creation   of  DS Store files on both Snow Leopard and Lion    DeathToDSStore source code  NOTE  On 10 11 you can not inject code into system apps

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If you want the  DS Store files to become invisible  they still exist but can t be seen  then run the following command in the  Terminal  window   defaults write com apple finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE  killall Finder   This will set the system default to stop showing these files on your Desktop and elsewhere  It will also restart the Finder in order to make this change visible  especially on your Desktop

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this file starts to appear when you choose the system shows you the hidden files   defaults write com apple finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE If you run this command disapear  defaults write com apple finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE Use terminal

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the function   find    -name   DS Store  -delete     removed the  DS store files temporarily  But am not sure   whether the files will came back on the Mac  Also i noticed something peculiar  the  DS Store  start coming to the Mac after installing  ATOM   So guys please make it sure to scan properly your third party software before installing them  Best

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Put following line into your   profile  file    Open  profile file and copy this line   find    -name   DS Store  -delete   When you open terminal window it will automatically delete your  DS Store file  for you

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NOTE   Asepsis is no longer under active development and supported under OS X 10 11  El Capitan  and later      Here s a comprehensive review of your options  Asepsis  the second solution mentioned  seems to be what you re looking for  it re-routes  DS Store creation to a unified cache instead of being located on every folder

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Please install http   asepsis binaryage com  and then reboot your mac   ASEPSIS redirect all  DS Store on your mac to  usr local  dscage  After that  You could delete recursively all  DS Store from your mac   find   -name   DS Store  -delete or find  lt your path gt  -name   DS Store  -delete   You should repeat procedure after each Mac major update

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