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tags:
  - mac
created: 2025-07-20T17:21
updated: 2025-07-20T17:21
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> DeathToDSStore source code,

Clipped from [macOs - How to stop creating .DS_Store on Mac? - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18015978/how-to-stop-creating-ds-store-on-mac) at 2023-11-13.


### To speed up SMB file browsing, 
you can prevent macOS from reading .DS_Store files on SMB shares. This makes the Finder use only basic information to immediately display each folder's contents in alphanumeric order. Use this Terminal command:

```bash 
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE```

Then log out of your macOS account and log back in.

To reenable sorting, use this command:
```bash
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool FALSE```




#mac #cmd #smb