diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d39052b9f2db2199d69084b80032a37d29bf7cee..e0d9a6fb778f237452f6a037f108e48d4fcc2d69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,42 +1,28 @@
+# https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/macOS.gitignore
+# General
 .DS_Store
-.*env/
-.pyenv*/
-.pytest/
-.python-version
-.ipynb_checkpoints/
-.python-version
-.coverage_html/
-__pycache__
-.mypy_cache
-*.pyc
-*.egg-info/
-/data/
-.volumes/
-.pytest_cache/
-.coverage*
-htmlcov
-try.http
-project/
-test_*/
-local/
-target/
-*.swp
-*.vscode
-.vscode/
-vscode/
-nomad.yaml
-gunicorn.log.conf
-gunicorn.conf
-build/
-dist/
-setup.json
-parser.osio.log
-gui/src/metainfo.json
-gui/src/searchQuantities.json
-gui/src/toolkitMetadata.json
-gui/src/unitsData.js
-examples/workdir/
-gunicorn.log.conf
-nomad/gitinfo.py
-*/node_modules/
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
 
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk