Why some folders have the .DS_Store but some doesn't?

Question

Local storage

In some of my folder, I found something quite interesting:

Some folders have the `.DS_Store` but some does not

.DS_Store files are not on the network store. Any reason?

Thanks.

The second question, about network storage, will be easier to answer if the file system type is known. In Terminal run a one-word command, mount to reveal the type.

Graham Perrin · Answer 1 · 2012-07-27 04:15:12Z

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A common reason for presence of .DS_Store:

edited Jul 27 '12 at 4:15

answered Jul 27 '12 at 3:58

Graham Perrin
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I have tried to change using the 4 views, but no .DS_Store was created. – Howard Jul 27 '12 at 4:04