Bebook problem

Cathy W · 09-10-2008, 03:44 PM

Hi,

I have just received my new Bebook and I really like the look of it. I have fully charged it and put on a few of the free books from the Bebook website which I downloaded in PDF on my Mac and transferred easily onto the Bebook. However, the Bebook not only shows the books that I have put on but there are also duplicates, all of 82mb, with slightly different looking titles. It looks as if they are back ups but I cannot open them on the Bebook. When I connect it up to the Mac, they are not there - does anyone know how I can remove them from the Bebook?

pilotbob · 09-10-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cathy W

does anyone know how I can remove them from the Bebook?

I thought the BeBook had built in file management? Is there a way to delete the books from the device?

BOb

rickp · 09-10-2008, 04:25 PM

I've seen this. Its the way the Mac deals with resource forks/metadata on files when copied over to a MS-DOS based filesystem.

The way I delete them is from Terminal.app - sorry, I don't know of a way to stop OSX creating those files.

It would be better if the BeBook just ignore files that start '._' in its listing.

Rick

Cathy W · 09-11-2008, 04:53 AM

Thanks for your response. Does anyone with a Mac have any clues as to how to remove these files from the Bebook? As I say, they do not appear anywhere other than on the Bebook and although the files are very small (8B, I think), they are just annoying.

pilotbob · 09-11-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cathy W

Thanks for your response. Does anyone with a Mac have any clues as to how to remove these files from the Bebook? As I say, they do not appear anywhere other than on the Bebook and although the files are very small (8B, I think), they are just annoying.

The message above said he used terminal. I assume he cds to the Kindle mount drive and rm them.

BOb

wallcraft · 09-11-2008, 04:59 PM

I think this is a case where BeBook should hide these files for you, but there are lots of methods (or lots of versions of the same method) to make hidden files visible via the Finder. I don't have a Mac to test it with but, for example, see InVisibles 1.5 (99 kB).

AlfonsVH · 09-14-2008, 07:04 PM

I've a Mac, and I use the free utility Hidden Cleaner to solve the problem.

Cathy W · 09-15-2008, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AlfonsVH

I've a Mac, and I use the free utility Hidden Cleaner to solve the problem.

It works! I'm a very happy person - thanks for the tip!!

AlfonsVH · 09-16-2008, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cathy W

It works! I'm a very happy person - thanks for the tip!!

You're welcome

09-10-2008, 03:44 PM	#1
Cathy W Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: BeBook	Bebook problem Hi, I have just received my new Bebook and I really like the look of it. I have fully charged it and put on a few of the free books from the Bebook website which I downloaded in PDF on my Mac and transferred easily onto the Bebook. However, the Bebook not only shows the books that I have put on but there are also duplicates, all of 82mb, with slightly different looking titles. It looks as if they are back ups but I cannot open them on the Bebook. When I connect it up to the Mac, they are not there - does anyone know how I can remove them from the Bebook?

09-10-2008, 04:25 PM	#3
rickp Member Posts: 10 Karma: 18 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Bebook	I've seen this. Its the way the Mac deals with resource forks/metadata on files when copied over to a MS-DOS based filesystem. The way I delete them is from Terminal.app - sorry, I don't know of a way to stop OSX creating those files. It would be better if the BeBook just ignore files that start '._' in its listing. Rick Last edited by rickp; 09-10-2008 at 04:30 PM.

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09-11-2008, 04:53 AM	#4
Cathy W Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: BeBook	Thanks for your response. Does anyone with a Mac have any clues as to how to remove these files from the Bebook? As I say, they do not appear anywhere other than on the Bebook and although the files are very small (8B, I think), they are just annoying.

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I think this is a case where BeBook should hide these files for you, but there are lots of methods (or lots of versions of the same method) to make hidden files visible via the Finder. I don't have a Mac to test it with but, for example, see InVisibles 1.5 (99 kB).

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