Dotfiles (System)
.CFUserTextEncoding- CF -> Core Foundation
- Stores two numbers separated by a
: - First number corresponds to the default system encoding
- Second number correspond’s to the user’s preferred system language (change it to Deutsch in settings and you can see the value in the file changes to 3)
.DS_Store- DS -> Desktop Services
- Stores metadata about the display options of folders (icon positions, view settings, etc.)
- Found in all nested directory levels
- Primarily used by Finder
- Won’t be displayed in Finder even if ShowAllFiles is set to true
.cups- Used by the Common Unix Printing System
- For printers