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by Gregorio Pellegrino :: Rate this Message:

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Yes Windows formatted, I used this terminal shell:

find /Volumes/MyHDD -iname "._*" -exec rm -f '{}' \; -print

and it deleted all my "._" files.

Perfect!

Thanks
Greg

2009/4/21 Aaron Cooper <cooperaa@...>
Sounds like your external drive is not formatted as HFS+?  Possibly Fat32?

-cooperaa

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Gregorio Pellegrino <greghy90@...> wrote:
> Yes, they are the first one in this page!
>
> Greg
>
> 2009/4/21 Ben <bench@...>
>>
>> I believe it's related to the creation of .DS_Store files. Is your
>> external drive being indexed by spotlight? Mine is not, and I don't
>> get these files created on my server.
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Aaron Cooper wrote:
>>
>> > How were these system files created?  I've got my media on an external
>> > drive and I've never seen hidden system files like that.  What are
>> > they used for?  I'd be tempted to just delete them if they were on my
>> > drive.
>> >
>> > -cooperaa
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Gregorio Pellegrino <greghy90@...
>> > > wrote:
>> >> Yes I use Picard. My files are on an external HHD, when I add a
>> >> folder to
>> >> Picard, it loads me also hidden system files like "._01 Black in
>> >> Black.m4a"!
>> >>
>> >> Greg
>> >>
>> >> 2009/4/21 Aaron Cooper <cooperaa@...>
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm on a Mac, too.  What hidden files is your system creating?  If
>> >>> they are .mp3 files they will be added to Picard (assuming that's
>> >>> the
>> >>> tagger you're using) when you drag the folder onto Picard.
>> >>>
>> >>> -cooperaa
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Gregorio Pellegrino
>> >>> <greghy90@...
>> >>> >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>> I'm new to MusicBrainz. I have a problem with the tagger, when I
>> >>>> load a
>> >>>> folder the application loads me also the hidden file made by the
>> >>>> system
>> >>>> (for
>> >>>> example ".song.mp3").
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What can I do?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>> Greg
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