I have now a plague of .AppleDouble files all over my NAS shares ! Apparently these are caused by NAS software writing these after the NAS share has been accessed by OSX.True ?It seems these are normally hidden but I'm also processing these shares with Win7 so my file count has now doubled !I upgraded to 4.2.23 recently. Would this have changed the situation ? Were they hidden before ? Can I hide them now ?I'm using ML on 10.8.4. Might this also have caused these ?Anything else I can do to send them back to the realm of "hidden system files" again ?There are also some .db files that have appeared that can't be deleted - these must be an OSX database file that OSX uses. These weren't there before either.Cheers.

In Windows you should be able to disable the viewing of such files, I think.The files were created by your Mac. This is not something new to Mountain Lion.You may be interested to read e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/306108/disable-creation-of-appledouble-files-on-mac-os-x

Thanks, but any reason why I'm suddenly seeing them ? Are they not written by the NAS after all , but being written by OSX ?I looked at the link you provided but there was no permanent method listed. .DS files I can get rid of but .Appledouble seem to be repetitive.Trouble is I'm using a WIn7 mirror programme on the NAS shares so it doesn't like keeping track of this Apple dust between the mirrors.

I don't know why you are suddenly seeing them if you didn't see them before. Have you been tweaking settings in Windows recently?

Don't think so. The WIn7 is on a PC that's only used for a few specific tasks : Mirroring, DVD input, Managing iTunes.Where on Win7 should I look to change any settings ?

Looking at the NetAFP website it is related to Netatalk. An update to Netatalk 3.0.x would improve things somewhat as it uses a new backend for appledouble. However, I don't expect Netatalk 3.0.x to come to RAIDiator 4.2.xNetatalk 3.0.x is in ReadyNAS OS 6I think if you looks at folder options there is an option to hide certain types of files. I'm not sure if Windows hides these files.

Sudden plague of .AppleDouble files !

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 17, 2013
In Windows you should be able to disable the viewing of such files, I think.

The files were created by your Mac. This is not something new to Mountain Lion.

You may be interested to read e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/306108/disable-creation-of-appledouble-files-on-mac-os-x
victorhortalive
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2013
Thanks, but any reason why I'm suddenly seeing them ? Are they not written by the NAS after all , but being written by OSX ?

I looked at the link you provided but there was no permanent method listed. .DS files I can get rid of but .Appledouble seem to be repetitive.
Trouble is I'm using a WIn7 mirror programme on the NAS shares so it doesn't like keeping track of this Apple dust between the mirrors.
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 17, 2013
I don't know why you are suddenly seeing them if you didn't see them before. Have you been tweaking settings in Windows recently?
victorhortalive
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2013
Don't think so. The WIn7 is on a PC that's only used for a few specific tasks : Mirroring, DVD input, Managing iTunes.
Where on Win7 should I look to change any settings ?
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 17, 2013
Looking at the NetAFP website it is related to Netatalk. An update to Netatalk 3.0.x would improve things somewhat as it uses a new backend for appledouble. However, I don't expect Netatalk 3.0.x to come to RAIDiator 4.2.x

Netatalk 3.0.x is in ReadyNAS OS 6

I think if you looks at folder options there is an option to hide certain types of files. I'm not sure if Windows hides these files.
victorhortalive
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2013
OK. I've narrowed it down a bit.
In WIn7 I can't see this apple dust.
However, in the Win7 mirror programme I can see these. Changing the view filters to exclude hidden or system files doesn't change this.
Why might this programme suddenly see these files ? MIght the change to Raidiator 4.2.23 have done this ? Would going back to 4.2.22 fix it ?

I'll post questions on the WIn7 S/W forum - it's ViceVersa.
ihartley
Tutor
Jun 17, 2013
Can you hide them via smbd.conf??
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 17, 2013
Looks like there at least used to be a vfs_netatalk module. Though I guess that might possibly have undesirable effects if you want your Mac to continue to connect to the ReadyNAS.
victorhortalive
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2013
ihartley wrote:
Can you hide them via smbd.conf??

Thanks, but how do I do that ?

Here's an interesting titbit.
If I access the NAS share in Parallels when running ViceVersa then I have 2 options.
1. Select Network (Windows selection) and find the NAS share - I do see the Apple dust files
2. Select the NAS share already mounted in OSX - visible in Windows under <Computer> - then I don't see the Apple dust files
victorhortalive
Aspirant
Jun 18, 2013
Managed to remove the problem but not solve it by applying filters to the Win7 mirror s/w to exclude files and folders named .* .
However I guess all my NAS shares are now littered with .* stuff, but I suppose they are benign.
Cheers.