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Re:Apple Discontinues macOS Server by robonerd on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:45PM (#31114957)
> Also, these files provide a useful service to Mac users.

With respect to DS_Store files on shared network drives, that is not true. Such files provide utility to a single Mac user, whichever uploaded the DS_Store file to that directory last. This file is used to store user preferences, which breaks as soon as there are two or more users with different preferences. Simply put, it does not belong on shared network drives at all.

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Re:Apple Discontinues macOS Server by kalleboo on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:55AM (#31119534)
> Simply put, it does not belong on shared network drives at all

My home NAS file shares are used by only me, so I'd like it to be supported there. So at the very least it needs to be configurable per-share. And in that case, having the server admin add them to veto lists seems like the easiest solution.

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Re:Apple Discontinues macOS Server by robonerd on Friday April 22, 2022 @11:56AM (#31123276)
Sure, but not on shared network drives. A network drive only used by a single person is another matter. (And probably not very common, though I also have one.)
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