diff --git a/src/core/definitions.jl b/src/core/definitions.jl
index 367fc9ba2b..409aab0a97 100644
--- a/src/core/definitions.jl
+++ b/src/core/definitions.jl
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ const KNOWN_SIMULATION_PATHS = [
     "simulation_files",
     "simulation_partitions",
 ]
+"If the name of an extraneous file that appears in simulation results matches one of these regexes, it is safe to ignore"
+const IGNORABLE_FILES = [
+    r"^\.DS_Store$",
+    r"^\.Trashes$",
+    r"^\.Trash-.*$",
+    r"^\.nfs.*$",
+    r"^[Dd]esktop.ini$",
+]
 const RESULTS_DIR = "results"
 
 # Enums
diff --git a/src/simulation/simulation_results.jl b/src/simulation/simulation_results.jl
index 3a67c93ae3..b76ada8c65 100644
--- a/src/simulation/simulation_results.jl
+++ b/src/simulation/simulation_results.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 function check_folder_integrity(folder::String)
     folder_files = readdir(folder)
     alien_files = setdiff(folder_files, KNOWN_SIMULATION_PATHS)
+    alien_files = filter(x -> !any(occursin.(IGNORABLE_FILES, x)), alien_files)
     if isempty(alien_files)
         return true
     else