Desktop Services Store
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|extensions={{ext|DS_Store}} | |extensions={{ext|DS_Store}} | ||
|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/394}} | |pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/394}} | ||
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| − | '''Desktop Services Store''' ('''.DS_Store''') is a file format used by [[Mac OS X]] to store information about a directory. | + | '''Desktop Services Store''' ('''.DS_Store''') is a file format used by [[Mac OS X]], and the Finder app, to store information about a directory. |
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| + | == Identification == | ||
| + | Files apparently begin with bytes {{magic|00 00 00 01}}, followed by ASCII "{{magic|Bud1}}". | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * [http://www.hhhh.org/src/hg/dsstore/ Mac::Finder::DSStore] Perl module | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/gehaxelt/ds_store Go library] | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/gehaxelt/Python-dsstore Python library] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:.DS_Store]] | * [[Wikipedia:.DS_Store]] | ||
| + | * [https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Mac-Finder-DSStore/DSStoreFormat.pod Specification from Mac::Finder::DSStore] | ||
| + | * [https://0day.work/parsing-the-ds_store-file-format/ Parsing the .DS_Store file format] | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/DS_Store_File_Format Reverse-engineered specification] | * [https://wiki.mozilla.org/DS_Store_File_Format Reverse-engineered specification] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/27/explainer-ds_store-files/ Explainer: .DS_Store files] |
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| + | [[Category:Filesystem]] | ||
| + | [[Category:File format details]] | ||
| + | [[Category:File formats with a distinctive filename]] | ||
| + | [[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Macintosh]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:06, 28 March 2023
Desktop Services Store (.DS_Store) is a file format used by Mac OS X, and the Finder app, to store information about a directory.
[edit] Identification
Files apparently begin with bytes 00 00 00 01, followed by ASCII "Bud1".
[edit] Software
- Mac::Finder::DSStore Perl module
- Go library
- Python library
