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Spotlight Tip: Getting Rid Of Windows Files

Started by brentspore · 9 months ago

I was using my spotlight search this morning looking for a file that started with the word “thumb” and to my dismay, I was presented with a huge list of remainder Windows files all over my Mac. This was easily remedied, however, with a simple altered search but it broug ... Continue reading »

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  • Yohannes Wijaya (macnatic)

    2 years ago

    Brent, i assume you have all these *db files because you have installed parallels & windows * ?
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  • Brent

    2 years ago

    Actually no, this was from me pulling my old documents and folders from my old windows machine or my network. But that would do it too, wouldn't it?
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  • Benny

    2 years ago

    I had the same problem...good post! For the more tech savvy people (more comfortable w/ unix/linux commands), you can open terminal and type this:

    find . -name "Thumbs.db" -exec rm \{} \;

    That'll do the job!
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  • Justine

    2 years ago

    Wow do I hate Thumbs.db... >:(
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