diff --git a/.changes/cli-ds-store-dev-watch.md b/.changes/cli-ds-store-dev-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84a5e7e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cli-ds-store-dev-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": "patch:enhance"
+"@tauri-apps/cli": "patch:enhance"
+---
+
+Ignore `.DS_Store` by default for `tauri dev` hot reloads.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore b/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
index c4b62fb4b..0d6c4d181 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
+++ b/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules/
 target/
 gen/
 Cargo.lock
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/tooling/cli/tauri.gitignore b/tooling/cli/tauri.gitignore
index aa8afe611..b38a7f1e3 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/tauri.gitignore
+++ b/tooling/cli/tauri.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
 target/
+.DS_Store