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Very cool ! Finally something to do with my old phones lying around
(but who commits their .DS_Store file tho ? 🙈)
I'm convinced Mac users just become blind to the file. I see it all over repos at work.
It's hidden even if you have "show hidden files" enabled in Finder. No way to disable it, it's idiotic.
Don't even get me started on MacOS archive bits. At least the DS_store files are only annoying and don't break functionality when using the drive on other devices 😑
Over the last 15 years, I went from Mac, to Windows, to Linux. I'm still finding old .DS_Store files and deleting them.