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Re:What I really need is a .DS_Store in every directory on m... by ksaj on Thursday February 10, 2022 @06:33PM (#30294395)
It greatly speeds up graphical display of the directory contents. Windows 10 can take a really long time re-generating thumbnails every time you open a directory filled with images or videos.
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Re:What I really need is a .DS_Store in every directory on m... by selfhoster11 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:37PM (#30295149)
So does the ~/.cache and ~/. thumbnails directory on Linux, but at least all the thumbnails are kept away from the main body of data.
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