Reset view preferences for all mac folders

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I would like to reset the preferences for all my Mac OS X folders. Is this possible?

Lri · Answer 1 · 2011-11-23 20:52:55Z

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This would find and delete the files storing view options under your home directory:

find ~ -name .DS_Store -delete

(And don't forget the -name flag — without it it the command would delete everything in your home directory.)

As far as I (and Wikipedia) know, the .DS_Store files mostly store information about folder-specific view options.

answered Nov 23 '11 at 20:30

Lri
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Do these files only contain Finder view preferences, or maybe also some other data (e.g. thumbnail caches?) – Daniel Beck Nov 23 '11 at 20:32

@DanielBeck The Quick Look thumbnails are stored in /private/var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache. – Lri Nov 23 '11 at 20:55

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Nice read about where they come from. – slhck Nov 23 '11 at 20:56

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