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Bingo!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I think you get a similar load of clutter files on a Mac when you slot in a pendrive\u00c2  from a PC too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever saved something from a Mac to a pendrive, then put that same pendrive into a PC? Notice all those annoying \u2018hidden\u2019 Mac system files cluttering up the drive? If you right-click on the drive in Windows Explorer and search for the following: FINDER.DAT,___Move&amp;Rename,DESKTO~1,OPENFO~1,TheVolumeSettingsFolder,Desktop*,.Trashes,.DS_Store Check, then delete them. Bingo! By the way, I think you get a similar load of clutter files on a Mac when you slot in a pendrive\u00c2 from a PC too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to delete Mac clutter files from pendrive - Aberth Digital Storytelling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/digitalstorytelling\/how-to-delete-mac-clutter-files-from-pendrive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to delete Mac clutter files from pendrive - Aberth Digital Storytelling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever saved something from a Mac to a pendrive, then put that same pendrive into a PC? 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