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Art G.7's avatar
Art G.7
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Why do I have duplicate file names prepended with "._" ?

In all or most of my folders, my file names are duplicated but with a period-underscore "._" appearing before each duplicate.  The duplicates don't open to anything except "This file type can't be vi...
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Philipp Z.2's avatar
Philipp Z.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi, I have the exact same problem. I'm using a Qnap NAS with cloud sync for my dropbox. when I save a file from my mac onto the NAS, duplicate files as described above appear. Even if I can safely delete them: how can I prevent the duplicate files to appear at the first place? Is it a problem of the NAS file system or an OS X problem? This is scaring me big time...! 

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