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Kickaha
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2009-11-06, 14:14

You can remove them at the command line, or there are utilities to scrub them from a folder, such as http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10478 . You'd have to do this before copying, and *not* open them in the Finder in between, however.

Some notes though:
1) This is Finder info that is stored as soon as you open the folder in the Finder. There's no way around this. (Unless you're viewing files on a remote server, in which case you *can* shut it off: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629)
2) The info that is stored is things like window position, view options, etc. I can't imagine why you're seeing URLs. Care to copy and paste an example?
3) Unless you're opening this USB or CD on a non-Mac, you won't see the files anyway.
4) I don't think I've heard them described as sensitive before...


Wait... are you by any chance running 10.4? In 10.4, some Spotlight info was stored in the .DS_Store file, but it was removed in 10.5. That could be the source of your 'sensitive' info.
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