Whats wrong with my USB Flash drive?

[DRU777]

How come I have been getting the following folders on my usb flash drive whenever I transfer files from mac to PC?

.Trashes
.DS_Store

Deleted them but it regenerates everytime I plug the USB drive on a PC. Those folders never show up on the mac however. Weird@!
What gives? Is my USB flash drive not compatible with mac? or Is it defective?

Also I notice that the files in the flash drive are duplicated. The duplicated file names appear in this format: ._file1 , ._file2 etc.

[quicksilver]

there's nothing wrong with your usb flash drive.

you only see those files when you view them on your pc, right? they're invisible on the mac.

i don't know what they're called, but they're sort of like pointer files that tell your mac that those files came from the pc. don't delete them. i tried deleting those files once (the one with the dot prefix) and when i tried opening the file (the one without the dot prefix) on my mac, my mac just hanged.

[super_ed]

yep. i've noticed that too even on my email attachments. it seemed like they're read only files from mac. haha, i can still recall my boss remarks "ano ba yang pinagsesend mo, hindi ko mabuksan, tapos dalawa dalawa pa...".

[bittersweet]

There's a free program for the Mac called DE_DDS that can remove these things if it's getting to your nerves. :drunk: http://extraneous.us/

[maryannemoll]

@quicksilver: i deleted those files from my flash drive (kahit na they keep resurfacing), pero di naman nag hang yung mac ko. yung mac ng friend ko di rin. bakit sayo oo? :blush:

[quicksilver]

Originally posted by maryannemoll
@quicksilver: i deleted those files from my flash drive (kahit na they keep resurfacing), pero di naman nag hang yung mac ko. yung mac ng friend ko di rin. bakit sayo oo? :blush:

here's what happened.