Sindre SorhusJan 29

New app

DS_Store Inspector 🔍

Inspect .DS_Store files - the files Finder leaves in every folder with lots of metadata.

https://sindresorhus.com/ds-store-inspector

Show threadSindre Sorhus

I know I know. Super niche. But I was writing a parser (like one does), and thought; why not make an example app for it.

The parser: https://github.com/sindresorhus/DSStore

GitHub - sindresorhus/DSStore: Parse and write macOS .DS_Store files from Swift

Parse and write macOS .DS_Store files from Swift. Contribute to sindresorhus/DSStore development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Feb 25 at 2:47pmWeb
Show threadSindre SorhusFeb 25
And the reason I wrote the parser, to fix a 10+ year old macOS bug - "Put Back" being broken when programmatically trashing multiple files: https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-trash/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Show threadPeter FrieseFeb 25
@sindresorhus very niche indeed, as most people would rather get rid of these… DMG installers with custom layouts seem to be the only good use case.
Show threadNathan Manceaux-PanotFeb 25
@sindresorhus Oh really cool! DSStore files are so ubiquitous, it feels good to have a reliable parser for them. Plus, I think I had a need for this, a few months back.
Show threadDavid Blue ⁂ ∆23h ago

@sindresorhus maybe I'm just crazy but considering I remember seeing DSStore files before I even really knew what a file was... this seems like the polar opposite of "niche" to me.

like, the most ubiquitous mystery for all Mac users - across time and space - until now hehe