Greyed out strange files.

.DS_Store, .localized, Thumbs.db I'm trying to add photos to recipes in a cooking program I use. All of a sudden, I'm seeing the above files greyed out, but showing up in my downloads folder. How did they get there, and how can I hide them. I don't remember ever seeing them before.

User the second set of commands. That should hide the invisible files.
Enable Finder to Show Invisible Files and Folders
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following command line then press RETURN.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
To turn off the display of invisible files and folders enter or paste the following command line and press RETURN.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
Alternatively you can use one of the numerous third-party utilities such as TinkerTool or ShowHideInvisibleFiles - VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

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