diff --git a/app/electron/agent/engine/library.test.ts b/app/electron/agent/engine/library.test.ts
index 2eb8b8902a..46c0e6b743 100644
--- a/app/electron/agent/engine/library.test.ts
+++ b/app/electron/agent/engine/library.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,43 @@ try {
   const large = await lowMemory.scan()
   assert.equal(large.models.every((model) => !model.loadable), true)
 
+
+  // AppleDouble companions (._file) are resource forks, never checkpoint assets.
+  const adModels = path.join(root, 'AppleDouble Models')
+  const adSharded = path.join(adModels, 'sharded-checkpoint')
+  await fs.mkdir(adSharded, { recursive: true })
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, 'config.json'), JSON.stringify({ model_type: 'qwen3_5', quantization: { bits: 4, group_size: 64 } }))
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, 'tokenizer.json'), JSON.stringify({ model: { type: 'BPE', vocab: {} } }))
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, 'model-00001-of-00002.safetensors'), weights())
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, 'model-00002-of-00002.safetensors'), weights())
+  // Stray invalid companions beside the real shards: not counted as shards, weights, or metadata.
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, '._model-00001-of-00002.safetensors'), Buffer.alloc(4096, 0xff))
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adSharded, '._model-00002-of-00002.safetensors'), Buffer.alloc(4096, 0xff))
+  const adLib = library({ appHome: path.join(root, 'appledouble-app') })
+  const adFound = await adLib.addFolder(adModels)
+  const adModel = adFound.models.find((model) => model.path === adSharded)!
+  assert.equal(adModel.complete, true, adModel.reason ?? '')
+  assert.equal(adModel.loadable, true)
+  assert.equal(adModel.weightsBytes, 2 * weights().length, 'companions add nothing to the weight total')
+  assert.equal(adModel.memoryFloorBytes, 2 * weights().length + 2 * 1024 ** 3)
+  assert.equal((await adLib.resolve(adModel.id)).path, adSharded)
+
+  // A stray companion in the selected parent must not stop discovery of the nested checkpoint below it.
+  const nested = path.join(adModels, 'nested', 'real-checkpoint')
+  await fs.mkdir(nested, { recursive: true })
+  await checkpoint(nested)
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(adModels, '._old.safetensors'), Buffer.alloc(4096, 0xff))
+  const rediscovered = await library({ appHome: path.join(root, 'appledouble-nested-app') }).addFolder(adModels)
+  assert.equal(rediscovered.models.find((model) => model.path === nested)?.loadable, true, 'a stray parent companion does not block nested discovery')
+  assert.equal(rediscovered.models.some((model) => model.path === adModels), false, 'the parent is not mistaken for a checkpoint')
+
+  // A real corrupt shard still fails the checkpoint.
+  const corruptShard = path.join(adModels, 'corrupt-shard')
+  await checkpoint(corruptShard)
+  await fs.truncate(path.join(corruptShard, 'model.safetensors'), 12)
+  const corruptShardFound = await library({ appHome: path.join(root, 'appledouble-corrupt-app') }).addFolder(adModels)
+  assert.match(corruptShardFound.models.find((model) => model.path === corruptShard)!.reason!, /safetensors/)
+
   const validRegistry = await fs.readFile(lib.file, 'utf8')
   await fs.writeFile(lib.file, '{')
   await assert.rejects(() => library().snapshot(), /library is invalid/)
diff --git a/app/electron/agent/engine/library.ts b/app/electron/agent/engine/library.ts
index 37b12691b1..5b06cc5809 100644
--- a/app/electron/agent/engine/library.ts
+++ b/app/electron/agent/engine/library.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ export class ModelLibrary {
     } finally { await handle.close() }
   }
 
-  private async inspect(root: Root, directory: string, names: string[], caps: EngineCapabilities, budget: ScanBudget, repo: string | null = null, revision: string | null = null, blobRoot: string | null = null): Promise<{ model: EngineLibraryModel; fingerprint: string }> {
+  private async inspect(root: Root, directory: string, rawNames: string[], caps: EngineCapabilities, budget: ScanBudget, repo: string | null = null, revision: string | null = null, blobRoot: string | null = null): Promise<{ model: EngineLibraryModel; fingerprint: string }> {
+    // AppleDouble companions (._file) hold resource forks, never checkpoint assets, so drop them before inspection.
+    const names = rawNames.filter((name) => !name.startsWith('._'))
     const model: EngineLibraryModel = { id: `local/${digest(directory)}`, repo, title: repo ?? path.basename(directory), path: directory, source: blobRoot ? 'huggingface' : 'folder', folderId: root.id, revision, modelType: null, format: null, complete: false, compatible: false, loadable: false, reason: null, weightsBytes: null, memoryFloorBytes: null, fitsMemory: null }
     let fingerprint = directory
     try {
@@ -298,7 +300,8 @@ export class ModelLibrary {
       visited.add(directory)
       if (await fs.realpath(directory) !== directory || !(await fs.lstat(directory)).isDirectory()) throw new Error('A model search folder is missing or has been redirected; select it again.')
       const entries = await this.list(directory, budget)
-      if (entries.some((entry) => entry.name === 'config.json' || /\.(safetensors|gguf|bin|pt|pth)$/i.test(entry.name))) { await collect(root, directory, entries); return }
+      const assets = entries.filter((entry) => !entry.name.startsWith('._'))
+      if (assets.some((entry) => entry.name === 'config.json' || /\.(safetensors|gguf|bin|pt|pth)$/i.test(entry.name))) { await collect(root, directory, assets); return }
       for (const entry of entries) {
         this.check(budget)
         if (!entry.isDirectory() || entry.isSymbolicLink() || entry.name.startsWith('.') || ['blobs', 'node_modules', 'venv', '__pycache__'].includes(entry.name)) continue