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gustophersmob · 10-31-2024, 07:27 PM

Playing around some more:

I just ran an experiment. I renamed an author to something random, opened that new directory in finder, and then renamed it back to leave the new folder empty. Doing this, Calibre doesn't delete the empty folder and it shows as having .DS_Store file when I run the check.

If I create the random name folder, and then rename it back to the original without opening the directory in finder, Calibre automatically deletes the empty folder.

So, it appears that this issue is due to MacOS creating a hidden .DS_Store file in these directories. I'm guessing this somehow prevent Calibre from deleting them.

10-31-2024, 07:27 PM	#9
gustophersmob Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2024 Device: Kindle PW2, Kobo Clara BW	Playing around some more: I just ran an experiment. I renamed an author to something random, opened that new directory in finder, and then renamed it back to leave the new folder empty. Doing this, Calibre doesn't delete the empty folder and it shows as having .DS_Store file when I run the check. If I create the random name folder, and then rename it back to the original without opening the directory in finder, Calibre automatically deletes the empty folder. So, it appears that this issue is due to MacOS creating a hidden .DS_Store file in these directories. I'm guessing this somehow prevent Calibre from deleting them. Last edited by gustophersmob; 10-31-2024 at 07:32 PM.