The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 325

possible for European Mac users to take a look at the U.S. App Store to get
information about certain apps that are released in the United States first,
before being made available elsewhere.
Tip 311
Record Your Terminal Work
Ever wanted to save your work at the command line, perhaps for showing
others? Just hit COMMAND + S (or Shell→Export Text As) to save all the com-
mands plus output as a text file (that is, everything you see by scrolling up
and down to the top and bottom of the window, including any work from the
previous session that usually appears grayed out).
Tip 312
Avoid Cluttering Network Shares with .DS_store Files
If you access a network share with Windows computers, you might have heard
your fellow users complain about small .DS_STORE files that appear like bread-
crumbs wherever you browse. These are Mac system files that contain data
about the directory and are hidden when a Mac browses the folder. However,
they're not essential.
Deactivating the Writing of .DS_store Files on Networks
To configure your Mac so these files are not written to network shared folders,
open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then
in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the UTILITIES folder), and
type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DESKTOPSERVICES DSDONTWRITENETWORKSTORES -BOOL TRUE
Once you're done, log out and back in again for the changes to take effect.