Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
On 01/13 03:41, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > > On 2019-01-13, at 13:38, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am > > not at $HOME with Macs)...the > > two commands: > > > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > > > need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do > > it), aren't they? > > Yes. Open Terminal and paste these in. > > macOS is POSIX certified: > https://blog.opengroup.org/2012/07/25/apple-registers-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-to-the-unix-03-standard/ > > Ok - thanks! :)
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
> On 2019-01-13, at 13:38, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am > not at $HOME with Macs)...the > two commands: > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do > it), aren't they? Yes. Open Terminal and paste these in. macOS is POSIX certified: https://blog.opengroup.org/2012/07/25/apple-registers-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-to-the-unix-03-standard/
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
On 01/13 10:48, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > On 2019-01-13, at 08:43, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick > > again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, > > which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already > > there...and there are everywere. > > > > Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to > > my usbstick when not instructed to do so? > > There are these two defaults settings, and they don't require root to set > them: > > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true > defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true > > These are only for stopping Finder from writing .DS_Store files. Anything you > delete on macOS will still go in .Trash/ at the root of the drive. > > -- > Andrew Udvare > Hi Andrew, ok...I only will delete something from my usbstick when I at home using Linux :) Only to get sure not to break anything (the MAC is not my own and I am not at $HOME with Macs)...the two commands: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true need to given as commands at the commandline (the way real UNICES do it), aren't they? Cheers! Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
> On 2019-01-13, at 08:43, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick > again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, > which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already > there...and there are everywere. > > Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to > my usbstick when not instructed to do so? There are these two defaults settings, and they don't require root to set them: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores true These are only for stopping Finder from writing .DS_Store files. Anything you delete on macOS will still go in .Trash/ at the root of the drive. -- Andrew Udvare
[gentoo-user] [OT] ...preventing MAC OS from polluting my USBsticks...?
Hi, it happens that I use my usbsticks with a Mac. As soon I use the stick again with my trusty Linux...I found a lot of added "hidden" files, which are shorter and renamed versions of files, which are already there...and there are everywere. Is there any hack/trick/ to prevent MacOS to write to my usbstick when not instructed to do so? I am neither the owner nor the system admin of that Mac...I only have an ordinary user account and I am not allowed to install any software... Hopefully there is anything to do against this... Cheers! Meino
