Why are there files starting with ._ created when copying files to an external drive?
Última fecha de modificación:
2024-03-27
Applicable Products
QTS, QuTSHero
Scenario
When files are copied to an external USB drive, a new file with prefix "._" is created on the destination, together with the file that was copied.
Details
When files on the NAS are accessed by a MAC computer via SMB or AFP, macOS may add additional information to the files as "extended attributes". External USB drives with file systems such as FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS does not support these extended attributes, thus these extended attributes are separated and saved under a new file of the same name as the original files, but with the prefix "._".
These files will not affect the original file and can be deleted manually.
