How to remove Mac Junk files
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I have previously have macs, and have moved my data around. as such my whole music library that I have ripped from my CDs over the years (many many gigs) and even some LPs. was littered with Mac OS junk files.
There are generally "._filename.extension" copies of the files as well as the .DS_StoreFirst open the command prompt on your windows machine and Change directory to the folder with the effected files/subfolders and run
del /s /q /f /a:h ._*This recursively delete the ._ files from the folder and any subfolders.
To remove the DS_Store files run
del /s /q /f /a:h .DS_STOREYou should be good to go now.
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Thanks!
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Seems odd the command is del when that's a DOS command and rm is usually what's used in Linux systems...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Seems odd the command is del when that's a DOS command and rm is usually what's used in Linux systems...
I tried "del" on my Mac to see. No such command available.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Seems odd the command is del when that's a DOS command and rm is usually what's used in Linux systems...
I tried "del" on my Mac to see. No such command available.
That's what I was saying. Del is the DOS command I use to delete stuff. I always thought it was rm on Macs, because of their code-base.
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@thanksajdotcom did you read it. Full it says run it on windows command prompt. These files are used when on mac OS so you would not be deleting them unless you transfer the files off of a mac.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom did you read it. Full it says run it on windows command prompt. These files are used when on mac OS so you would not be deleting them unless you transfer the files off of a mac.
Re-read what you wrote. The way you wrote it sounds like you run this on a Mac. It's not clear that this is meant to be run on a Windows PC to clean up files created by a Mac.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom did you read it. Full it says run it on windows command prompt. These files are used when on mac OS so you would not be deleting them unless you transfer the files off of a mac.
Re-read what you wrote. The way you wrote it sounds like you run this on a Mac. It's not clear that this is meant to be run on a Windows PC to clean up files created by a Mac.
It specificly says First open the command prompt on your windows machine
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom did you read it. Full it says run it on windows command prompt. These files are used when on mac OS so you would not be deleting them unless you transfer the files off of a mac.
Re-read what you wrote. The way you wrote it sounds like you run this on a Mac. It's not clear that this is meant to be run on a Windows PC to clean up files created by a Mac.
It specificly says First open the command prompt on your windows machine
Well apparently both @scottalanmiller and I missed that. Might be best to put that in the opening sentence.
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Oh, it is to clean up stuff on Windows, not on a Mac?
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@scottalanmiller its to clean up the mac junk files on a windows computer. If you copy any folders from a mac to PC or even a zip folder you will have them in it (they are hidden though, but take up space and mess with some programs).
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller its to clean up the mac junk files on a windows computer. If you copy any folders from a mac to PC or even a zip folder you will have them in it (they are hidden though, but take up space and mess with some programs).
Gotcha, now I see what you are doing here
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller its to clean up the mac junk files on a windows computer. If you copy any folders from a mac to PC or even a zip folder you will have them in it (they are hidden though, but take up space and mess with some programs).
Gotcha, now I see what you are doing here
Yeah, same. See, it wasn't just me for once.
