Will tonfotos create hidden files in directory? I just found that there are some files with the same filename of the photos but just have a “.” in the filename so make it be hidden files. I am not sure which software create such files

    traveller Tonfotos does create .tonfotos.ini files with information about people faces on photos. This is mechanism is essential for syncronisation of information for several copies of Tonfotos applicaiton working with the same archive, as well as backup measure for all the work people do with marking up faces of photos.

    Please read this to get better understanding: https://community.tonfotos.com/d/186-version-150-people-data-synchronization

        2 months later

        The issue isn’t with the hidden .tonfotos.ini file; rather, it’s that there are 50 photos named img12122121.jpg and 50 hidden files with the same names but prefixed with “.” , like .img12122121.jpg. When you try to open these hidden files (which tonfotos can see but Finder can’t, even after using shift + command + . on a Mac), you’ll receive a message indicating that the file is corrupted.

          pemer This is definitely not Tonfotos who created those files.

              Andrey It’s unfortunate, but this keeps happening whenever I delete files in tonfotos. Instead of being fully removed, tonfotos seems to create a hidden (and corrupted) version of them. I wonder if this issue is related to the files being stored on an SMB share, and whether macOS is unable to use the SMB trash folder named .recycle instead of .Trash?
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                  pemer when deleting, Tonfotos will first try to move file to recycle bin using system functuon, and if it fails, it will just remove file. I guess, those files are created by OS while trying to move file to recylce bin. Did you try deleting files with Finder? Does it produce same result?

                    I believe I’ve found a fix! It appears that tweaking a few settings in the Samba configuration has resolved the issue. I’ll be monitoring the situation, and if it happens again, I’ll let you know. For those dealing with the same Samba share problem, here are the settings I added to smb.conf. I have also highlighted the most important option to be turned on

                    [global]

                    macOSx

                    min protocol = SMB2
                    vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
                    fruit:ntfs_aces = yes
                    fruit:metadata = stream
                    fruit:posix_rename = yes
                    fruit:veto_appledouble = no
                    fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes
                    fruit:apple = yes
                    fruit:model = MacSamba
                    fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes
                    fruit:zero_file_id = yes
                    server min protocol = SMB2

                    WINS Support

                    wins support = yes
                    dns proxy = yes

                      Andrey changed the title to hidden files on SMB drive.

                      pemer Cool! I moved this thread to other section so others will have less issues finding it.

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