Dropbox vs .DS_Store: prevent syncing
How to prevent Dropbox from syncing .DS_Store files on OS X?
Solution 1:
According to Dropbox's help, the .DS_Store files are not synchronised.
Ignored files
Some small system files aren't synced over Dropbox. These include:
- desktop.ini
- thumbs.db
- .ds_store
- icon\r
- .dropbox
- .dropbox.attr
If you want to manually delete all .DS_Store files, OS X Daily shared a how-to guide: Delete All .DS_Store Files from Mac OS X.