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Clean up those .DS_store files
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Here are a few bits of info regarding .DS_Store files on Mac OSX. What they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store

The .DS_Store file is used to store metadata for icon information and are only created when using the gui to browse the file system.

Ways of removing them: http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/remove-ds-store-files-mac.html

One time removal:

$ sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;

Periodic removal, stick it in cron. My fav.

$ sudo crontab -e
$ 15 1 * * * root find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;

This will run daily at 1:15am, if the computer is on.

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find: /System/Volumes/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC: Operation not permitted

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