.DS_Store OS X HIDE THEM HOW?

[keef247]

basically i think i unchecked a hide hidden files/system files whatever it was option in finder or somewhere on 10.5.6 OS X and now i'm getting these bloody annoying .DS_Store files on my desktop and in every folder.
simply put how do i get rid of them/hide them.
really annoying me now!
cheers

[Stoo]

No idea how you managed that!

Two things:

1. Hide hidden files: in terminal: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

2. Prevent .ds_store creation over network drives: in terminal - defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

Try those and see if it helps

You can just delete them though - they only contain icon positioning info, and background info etc

[keef247]

yeah but when i delete them they come back especially on the desktop its WELL annoying.i'll try those now cheers

[keef247]

nope didn't work