Re:.DS_Store
by sfoley on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:31AM
(#20344105)
My guess as to the reason they’re in the directory rather than a separate folder is so you can rename/move it without losing all your metadata.
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Re:.DS_Store
by andreareina on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @03:11PM
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The filesystem already keeps track of moves/renames -- I can (and have) moved the files that the App Store downloads, and it still knows where they are.