Duplicate mp3 files on USB drive
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Hello,
I have a small issue when I want to play my tracks on my car radio; it shows the same track twice.
The first one is written correctly, but the second one has a prefix " _. ", which is quite annoying when I want to listen to music, as I end up with a folder of 193 songs instead of 100 in my folder.
This didn't happen on Windows, but it does on Mac Yosemite.
From what I have read on various forums, these are hidden files that Mac creates, and my car radio shows them as a readable mp3 file, except it indicates an error.
(I displayed these hidden files and deleted ".DS_STORE", closed Finder, and ejected the USB stick, but it didn't work)
Do you have a solution to prevent my car radio from displaying them?
Thank you
Configuration: Mac OS X (10.10.4) / Safari 8.0.7
I have a small issue when I want to play my tracks on my car radio; it shows the same track twice.
The first one is written correctly, but the second one has a prefix " _. ", which is quite annoying when I want to listen to music, as I end up with a folder of 193 songs instead of 100 in my folder.
This didn't happen on Windows, but it does on Mac Yosemite.
From what I have read on various forums, these are hidden files that Mac creates, and my car radio shows them as a readable mp3 file, except it indicates an error.
(I displayed these hidden files and deleted ".DS_STORE", closed Finder, and ejected the USB stick, but it didn't work)
Do you have a solution to prevent my car radio from displaying them?
Thank you
Configuration: Mac OS X (10.10.4) / Safari 8.0.7
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Apparently, it wouldn't come from a hidden file "<code>.DS_Store</code>", because even with just a single piece, I don't have a "<code>.DS_Store</code>" file but I still have a 2nd piece with the same name prefixed by "<code>._</code>".
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Hello,
I just did a test, (I put 7 GB of music), and in the end, I found 3 or 4 hidden files, which I deleted, (including the .trashes folder that I had to delete using the Terminal), but no more than that. No duplicates.
The problem may then stem from how these music tracks were copied. As for me, I simply dragged and dropped them from the iTunes window to the USB drive...
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Yes, because .Trashes or .Trash corresponds to the trash bin of the drive. Each volume has its own trash bin, and these trash bins are protected system files. I don't know if this file actually interferes with the car radio, but to delete it using the Terminal, you need to follow this method:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-17454176-suppression-fichiers-impossible-macbook#4
EDIT: you can't see what you're typing in the Terminal when entering your password. That's normal. -
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