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[–] vodka@feddit.org 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's a file that is never visible on Mac systems, it stands for Desktop Service. It just saves stuff like your zoom settings for the specific folder, metadata for the files in the folder etc

It is automatically generated in every single folder you access on a Mac system that isn't a native Apple file system. So for example a Windows formatted USB stick, or a network share.

It is however visible on non-mac systems as a file called ".DS_Store"