Desktop Services Store

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|extensions={{ext|DS_Store}}
 
|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.
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'''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 ==
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Files apparently begin with bytes {{magic|00 00 00 01}}, followed by ASCII "{{magic|Bud1}}".
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== Software ==
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* [http://www.hhhh.org/src/hg/dsstore/ Mac::Finder::DSStore] Perl module
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* [https://github.com/gehaxelt/ds_store Go library]
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* [https://github.com/gehaxelt/Python-dsstore Python library]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
 
* [[Wikipedia:.DS_Store]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:.DS_Store]]
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* [https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Mac-Finder-DSStore/DSStoreFormat.pod Specification from Mac::Finder::DSStore]
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* [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]
* [http://www.hhhh.org/src/hg/dsstore/ Mac::Finder::DSStore]
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* [https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/27/explainer-ds_store-files/ Explainer: .DS_Store files]
* [http://search.cpan.org/~wiml/Mac-Finder-DSStore/DSStoreFormat.pod Specification from DSStore]
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[[Category:Filesystem]]
 
[[Category:File format details]]
 
[[Category:File format details]]
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[[Category:File formats with a distinctive filename]]
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[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]]
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[[Category:Macintosh]]

Latest revision as of 06:06, 28 March 2023

File Format
Name Desktop Services Store
Ontology
Extension(s) .DS_Store
PRONOM fmt/394

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

[edit] External links

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