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having some problems today..

I just want to zip a folder that has like 18 mp3 files in it and when I do, it includes a folder _MACOSX apart from the folder I was trying to zip, and then in the folder I was trying to zip, there hides .DS_Store.. I don't want that. I just want my mp3 files in one folder! That's it!

Can someone please help?

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If you are familiar with the utility program Terminal, you can do it this way

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10924236/mac-zip-compress-without-macosx-folder

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These instructions seem a little better written

http://bechster.com/zip-a-folder-on-mac-osx-without-the-pesky-ds_store-files/

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Yeah, see the thing is is I already tried that and although I am not super familiar with terminal, I did exactly what that told me to, and when I typed in cd [myfilesname] it says "no such file or directory" which is a LIE. Haha I mean I know the folder is on my computer, so I just don't know why it isn't finding it.

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ah yes, finding the file in the directory... try [ur=http://lifehacker.com/eight-terminal-utilities-every-os-x-command-line-user-s-1593793109l]mdfind[/url]

capitalization and spaces count. Sorry.

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Okay so I tried mdfind and it found the folder, but now I don't really know what to do. It found it and listed it and then listed all of the contents in it below it. So then I tried the thing from the first article you sent me.

zip -r bar.zip bar -x "*.DS_Store"

But that just came up with a bunch of warning signs like this

"zip warning: name not matched: Mass"

Ugh.. Do you know what I am doing wrong?

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I just found this: http://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/general-software/create-zip-files-without-any-mac-specific-extras-inside/

I tried it and just need to send it to someone who doesn't have a mac to see if it worked!

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+1 for persistence.

Sorry, I'd gladly receive your file but all our computers are Macs. Geeky, I know. But yay you go girl.

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Dont use select all but instead individually select each file (CTRL + click on windows) then hit send to zip file/archive that normally leaves out all the hidden files.

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Good job on finding a solution, did you find someone who uses a non-Mac PC to test it with? Hopefully it worked. If not you could send it my way. I'm in foreign lands and bored for the weekend.

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Adrien said there are no hidden files! Hooray! It worked!

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