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.DS_Store

Summary

.DS_Store is a file format[1]. .DS_Store draws 254 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #32 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • .DS_Store's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • .DS_Store's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[4].
  • .DS_Store's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0df833[5].
  • .DS_Store's described at URL is recorded as https://metacpan.org/dist/Mac-Finder-DSStore/view/DSStoreFormat.pod[6].
  • .DS_Store's described at URL is recorded as https://wiki.mozilla.org/DS_Store_File_Format[7].
  • .DS_Store's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/misc/dsstore.py[8].
  • .DS_Store's media type is recorded as application/octet-stream[9].
  • .DS_Store's file extension is recorded as DS_Store[10].
  • .DS_Store's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/394[11].
  • .DS_Store's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000597[12].
  • .DS_Store's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Desktop_Services_Store[13].
  • .DS_Store's file format identification pattern is recorded as 000000014275643100[14].
  • .DS_Store's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00110[15].

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Designation and Status

.DS_Store's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

.DS_Store draws 254 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #32 of 297).[2] .DS_Store has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] .DS_Store is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Apple Inc.

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). .DS_Store. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ds-store
MLA “.DS_Store.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ds-store.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ds-store_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{.DS_Store}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ds-store}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): .DS_Store — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ds-store (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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