Preventing .DS_Store files on Box?
I often need to upload a large quantity of files/folders from my Mac to Box, and it's frustrating to end up with these hidden .DS_Store files showing up in every folder on Box.
It happens to me every time I drag a folder or group of folders to Box.
The folders are not empty; they often contain HTML and JS files, or sometimes just JPG and PNG images.
Is there any way to prevent this?
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Greg, good question. It appears to happen only with macs. The same thing that happens when you copy to a pc format drive.
However, I use many different file services and this is the only one that I've seen with this problem.
It seems a simple answer would be to enable the user to prevent the display or upload of hidden files. But I don't build file servers so it's easy for me to say that.
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Hi Emma,
Welcome to Box Community and thanks for posting!
I understand that you've been uploading a large sum of files/folders in Box and to avoid uploading hidden files, I'd recommend that you start uploading per files instead of folders.
Thank you for participating in the Community!
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