There are .DS_Store files everywhere! Has TinkerTool destroyed my system?
No, you just have enabled the Finder’s “show all files” option with TinkerTool. The .DS_Store files are created by the Finder during its normal course of operation but they are invisible by default. The Finder will automatically put a .DS_Store file into every folder you have opened. These files are used to save the positions of icons, the size of the respective Finder window, the window’s background, and many more view options. While professional users consider the .DS_Store files to be a design flaw of the Mac OS X Finder, a mechanism like this is necessary when opening Finder windows for exchangeable disk media to give former users of the classic Mac OS the same user experience they had in previous operating system versions. If you don’t like to see the .DS_Store files, disable the “show all files” option in TinkerTool, or replace the Finder by a better file management application.
