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| nontechmike wrote: | | Nice idea but when I tried this although I could see lots of .files all over the place I could not see any in the sounds folder. Also the unwanted files are prefixed with "._" not just "." but thanks for the suggestion. Any other ideas? |
That's the point, on a Mac these are hidden, on any other device they are not.
Dot_Underscore files are explained here. There is a workaround that requires the use of Terminal to delete them or there is a plug-in called BlueHarvest that you can buy to delete them.
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nontechmike
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The location of one of the folders containing the Dot_files is:
INTERNAL
sounds
Safety Camera Warnings
KPH - Kate with Chime
Gatso
Can somebody translate this into the string I need to type into Terminal since when I tried "dot_clean /INTERNAL/sounds/Safety Camera Warnings/KPH - Kate with Chime/Gatso" it said no such location.
Since this is only one of many folders under the "sounds" parent that is affected could I issue the instruction at this higher level and all files in all the sub folders would have the dot-files re-parented? |
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Darren
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| nontechmike wrote: | | Can somebody translate this into the string I need to type into Terminal since when I tried "dot_clean /INTERNAL/sounds/Safety Camera Warnings/KPH - Kate with Chime/Gatso" it said no such location. |
That wouldn't work as you haven't specified the removable drive and you need to enclose paths with spaces in quotes.
| Quote: | | Since this is only one of many folders under the "sounds" parent that is affected could I issue the instruction at this higher level and all files in all the sub folders would have the dot-files re-parented? |
If you are not comfortable with running commands via Terminal then the simplest option would be to install the BlueHarvest plug-in which has a 30-day trial.
Otherwise, drag the mounted TomTom drive from your desktop onto an open Finder window. This will give you the correct path.
Then edit that to add the dot_clean command.
It should read something like:
| Code: | | dot-clean /Volumes/INTERNAL |
The dot_clean command is recursive so if launched at the top level of the volume (your TomTom) it will scan all the folders and remove the Dot Underscore files.
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nontechmike
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| Quote: | It should read something like:
| Code: | | dot_clean /Volumes/INTERNAL |
The dot_clean command is recursive so if launched at the top level of the volume (your TomTom) it will scan all the folders and remove the Dot Underscore files. |
Brilliant - this worked for me. Many thanks. |
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