diff --git a/FSStorage.py b/FSStorage.py
index ed17cdf..6d2225d 100644
--- a/FSStorage.py
+++ b/FSStorage.py
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ class FSItem(FSObject, Item):
 		Item.doUpdate(self)
 
 def ignoreFiles(path, fobj):
-	if os.path.basename(path) in _filestoignore:
+	bn = os.path.basename(path)
+	if bn in _filestoignore:
+		return IgnoreFile, None
+	elif bn[:2] == '._' and open(path).read(4) == '\x00\x05\x16\x07':
+		# AppleDouble encoded Macintosh Resource Fork
 		return IgnoreFile, None
 
 	return None, None