Mac users are receiving copyright violation notices from Google over hidden ‘DS_Store’ files.
Some macOS users trying to upload their own files to Google’s cloud storage service have been met with copyright violation notices. A disgruntled Reddit user recently reported that a ‘. DS_Store’ file on their Google Drive was flagged by the search giant for violating its copyright infringement policy. Apparently, this isn’t the first time this issue has been encountered as macOS users also reported experiencing similar problems last month. For those unfamiliar,. DS_Store is a metadata file that Apple users may see when transferring folders and archives from macOS to other operating systems such as Windows or Linux.
