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    From RJH@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 3 17:40:13 2024
    I've a collection of about 1TB of music stored on an external USB drive, managed on my up to date Mac, adding and organising files from time to time.

    Until recently, I played these files through a Raspberry Pi, using some (I think) Linux software called Volumio. It works fine.

    I've now attached the USB drive to a BluOS device - it lists USB drive libraries as one of its features. It's pretty unreliable, losing access and frequently reindexing. But the main problem is that it's trying (I think) to index the 50,000+ database type files a Mac seems to create alongside files. This includes providing a duplicate listing for every file - which of course won't play.

    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to remove them?

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    Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to RJH on Tue Dec 3 18:21:14 2024
    On 03/12/2024 17:40, RJH wrote:
    I've a collection of about 1TB of music stored on an external USB drive, managed on my up to date Mac, adding and organising files from time to time.

    Until recently, I played these files through a Raspberry Pi, using some (I think) Linux software called Volumio. It works fine.

    I've now attached the USB drive to a BluOS device - it lists USB drive libraries as one of its features. It's pretty unreliable, losing access and frequently reindexing. But the main problem is that it's trying (I think) to index the 50,000+ database type files a Mac seems to create alongside files. This includes providing a duplicate listing for every file - which of course won't play.

    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to remove them?

    This is an age-old question with no one simple solution. :-(

    Have a look here: <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6707/how-to-stop-os-x-from-writing-spotlight-and-trash-files-to-memory-cards-and-usb>

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    Bruce Horrocks
    Hampshire, England

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  • From Graham J@21:1/5 to RJH on Tue Dec 3 18:44:58 2024
    RJH wrote:

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    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to remove them?


    Can you get a USB drive that is read-only? Or make the Mac mount it
    read-only?

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    Graham J

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  • From RJH@21:1/5 to Graham J on Tue Dec 3 19:56:06 2024
    On 3 Dec 2024 at 18:44:58 GMT, Graham J wrote:

    RJH wrote:

    [snip]

    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to >> remove them?


    Can you get a USB drive that is read-only? Or make the Mac mount it read-only?

    Yes - thanks, that might work. Except to say that the only time I attach it to the Mac is when I want to edit it. Rest of the time it's tethered to a music player.

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  • From RJH@21:1/5 to Bruce on Tue Dec 3 19:54:54 2024
    On 3 Dec 2024 at 18:21:14 GMT, Bruce wrote:

    On 03/12/2024 17:40, RJH wrote:
    I've a collection of about 1TB of music stored on an external USB drive,
    managed on my up to date Mac, adding and organising files from time to time. >>
    Until recently, I played these files through a Raspberry Pi, using some (I >> think) Linux software called Volumio. It works fine.

    I've now attached the USB drive to a BluOS device - it lists USB drive
    libraries as one of its features. It's pretty unreliable, losing access and >> frequently reindexing. But the main problem is that it's trying (I think) to >> index the 50,000+ database type files a Mac seems to create alongside files. >> This includes providing a duplicate listing for every file - which of course >> won't play.

    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to >> remove them?

    This is an age-old question with no one simple solution. :-(

    Have a look here: <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6707/how-to-stop-os-x-from-writing-spotlight-and-trash-files-to-memory-cards-and-usb>

    Thanks - what a palaver! I remember now I excluded the drive from Spotlight, and that might have worked for a while, but seems to have stopped working.
    I'll have a closer look.

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    Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK

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  • From Bernd Froehlich@21:1/5 to RJH on Wed Dec 4 08:10:17 2024
    On 3. Dec 2024 at 18:40:13 CET, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

    How can I stop my Mac creating these files on the USB drive, and how best to remove them?

    Have a look at BlueHarvest in the Appstore.

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