Keep MacOS from infecting Flash drives

In article
,
Gukumatz wrote:

> On 8 Feb, 13:27, David Sankey wrote:
> > In article ,
> > Tim Lance wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:22:12 -0600, throwitout wrote
> > > (in article
> > > ):
> >
> > > > When a flash drive is attached MacOS feels the need to create
> > > > a .Spotlight-V100 and .Trashes folder along with a ._.Trashes file
> > > > even if the drive is attached only to read files and not write. Is
> > > > there any way to keep MacOS from writing these unauthorized files, as
> > > > it's usually considered rude to write files to other people's flash
> > > > drives if you're only copying files off? Especially since this could
> > > > be quite large for a large attached drive.
> >
> > > You forgot the .DS_Store file.
> >
> > > Do what I do. Trash them on the PC side.
> >
> > Have a peek at <http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/>
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Dave
>
> The site for blueharvest doesn't seem to work, try http://tinyurl.com/26tmjt

The entire www.zeroonetwenty.com domain seems to be down. So even if you
go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate, you can't actually download the
software.

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throwitout wrote:

> How do I
> prevent those files from being created in the first place?

Take a look at this free droplet:
http://www.faqintosh.com/risorse/en/sys/cleansmb/

Daniele

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