diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e333228..871ac16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 .idea
 .vscode
 
+# macOS system files
+.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
+
 # exclude content repo
 /blog_posts_git