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I'm working on 2 projects where I connect to a network using WEB DAV or an SMB share. In both cases, when I upload a file from home on my mac, the invisible file (resource fork, I think it's called?) goes with it. From a mac you don't see this of course. When I go to the office and connect with Windows, then I see all the garbage I've uploaded with my files. Of course I feel compelled to clean it all up, since it does get in the way when you're working on a non-mac machine. (Others use the same server spaces.) Having to clean up is a drag, when I remember to do it at all.

Does anyone know if there's a setting or something that would allow me to upload files via web dav or smb share and *not* send those invisible mac files?

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Yes, indeed, thank you Bear. I'll see next week if that did it for the .DS_Store files. Yay!

The larger problem, however, are the resource forks. This results in a very cluttered list of files on windows servers, as every file copied over from a Mac also brings with it a near-twin named ._whateverthefilenameis.

Apple's "solution" is to delete those files on the server. :roll:

I may try something like BlueHarvest unless I come upon something even more simple.



P.S. The Apple article on DS_Store has an interesting Summary:

"This article contains advanced material intended only for those who are looking for information on .DS_Store files. If you do not already have an opinion on this matter, you can disregard this article."

Kind of like "Ain't got no opinion? Move along buddy."
 
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