diff --git a/Global/OSX.gitignore b/Global/OSX.gitignore
index b8b77562aba36bf84f0a1ddf17a5ed02c2cd0043..051b762629cd9d57cc183b81271699ef113651c6 100644
--- a/Global/OSX.gitignore
+++ b/Global/OSX.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 .DS_Store
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# ack & vim swap files
 .ackrc
 *.swp