Desktop Services Store

File Format
Name	Desktop Services Store
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Metadata Desktop Services Store ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.DS_Store
PRONOM	fmt/394
Kaitai Struct Spec	ds_store.ksy

Desktop Services Store (.DS_Store) is a file format used by Mac OS X, and the Finder app, to store information about a directory.

Identification

Files apparently begin with bytes 00 00 00 01, followed by ASCII "Bud1".