Portable hard drive shows hidden files (prefixed with ".")

[schnp]

My portable hard drive is showing all the hidden files and folders on it (the ones prefixed with ".", but not the System Information folder, interestingly). I don't have this trouble with any other drives, or elsewhere on my computer, so it seems somehow to be associated with this specific drive.

Of course I check to make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is turned off.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Has the drive ever been connected to a Mac?

 

[schnp]

It certainly has. I use it on a Mac running MacFUSE with the NTFS-3G pref pane so it can read NTFS formatted drives. Since you mentioned this, I've looked but can't find any documentation for the NTFS-3G pref pane that would indicate what settings might be causing this. I tried disabling the cache for the drive (no idea if that was right or not) but it didn't seem to change anything.

I'll take this up on a Mac forum though since it seems to be a Mac issue.

 

[DeaconFrost]

We have two Macs in my company, and anytime they access an external drive or server share, they leave behind these random files with . as the first character in the filename.

 

[schnp]

That's apparently the problem. You guys just put up with it, then?

 

[DeaconFrost]

Unfortunately, yes. Anytime my graphic designer accesses any of these resources, the files are recreated.