GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 702792
Handle OSX/Finder system files
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:29:28 UTC
Created attachment 247406 [details] OSX/Finder system files as seen by nautilus OSX is using special files to store Finder view information. When you share a drive (like a partition, or a USB drive, for example) between OSX and Linux, these files are visible to nautilus. The files are, at least - .DS_Store is the folder view settings - .VolumeIcon.icns is the icon of the volume - Icon^M is the icon of the current folder (as far as I know) They are all optional, and they will appear if the OSX user set specific settings. --> Currently nautilus renders them each differently: generic binary, unknown image, generic text. (see attached screenshot) ==> There should be a unique "apple" thumbnail for all of them, that tells the user: "this is from OSX, don't change/delete it if you care about OSX." In addition, while .DS_Store and .VolumeIcon.icns are interpreted as hidden files by nautilus, Icon^M is not. ==> Icon^M should be handled as a hidden file too.
Created attachment 247407 [details] possible thumbnail for all OSX/Finder system files
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