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Mac osx - strange extra files appearing when downloading files directly.
Just had a strange issue with some files that I directly downloaded from our DB folders. On the website, I went to one of my shared folders from another team member, and clicked on 2 files (illustra...
Hi Rich, In my case, there isn't a PC involved. And what is unusual here is that it didn't happen before but is happening now. So something changed. You could be right that it is something about Macs. In any case, it is something between Dropbox and Macs that is now functioning differently than it had been.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
hshaw wrote:
In my case, there isn't a PC involved.
The PC doesn't matter. The point was that I see the files on a PC because Windows isn't configured to hide such files, like OS X or macOS do natively. It's still the Mac that's creating them. They're system files created by OS X and macOS.
I think you might be mixing up some of the issues here hshaw - (edit: I think I got mixed up with who was replying to what, I think I was directing this comment torwards Rich )
Copied from one of the previous posts in this thread, "...the issue you're seeing is a Mac issue that occurs when copying files with extended attributes metadata into a file system that doesn't support them."
What I suspect is happening... (semi-educated guess)...
1) I'm on a mac.
2) DB does not use mac formated drives, so the files are stored on some other formatted drives.
3) The Mac "metadata" files are then being created when DB creates the zipped file (anytime 2 or more files/folders are selected for download).
4) We (mac users) download those zipped files, and uncompress them, and then see the metadata files.
Again - this is a new problem that appeared recently. DB has recently made a lot of changes and updates. Coincidence? :)
Happy to be corrected as more info is discovered.
