Keynote wrote an invisible file

I interrupted a large export from Keynote 3.0 with a force quit. Keynote had written an approximately 6 gb file, and now the disk space is missing from my hard drive. How do I locate that file, and delete it?
-Scott

Keynote, like most apps, usually writes its temp files in /tmp. You can clear out that directory by rebooting.

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How do you see invisible files on the romote side of the site
window? I've got some .htaccess files, which are supposedly
invisible on the Mac system, though they're visible on my local
site window. If I upload them, I can see them until I quit
Dreamweaver, then I can't see them. These files control access to a
site and if I can't see them I can['t delete them. So now I'm
locked out of my site.

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> some .htaccess files, which are supposedly invisible on
the Mac system,
> though
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them, I can see them
> until
> I quit Dreamweaver, then I can't see them. These files
control access to a
> site
> and if I can't see them I can['t delete them. So now I'm
locked out of my
> site.
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How to delete invisible file created by iPhoto

I use MacBook and keep my iPhoto library on external hard drive. External disk got disconnected accidentally and I was requested to import the library again.
I imported library from my external drive but the file created by iPhoto is not visible and I cannot find it either in folder Pictures or using Spotlight. However, I can see that available space on my MacBook hard drive is reduced for 10GB, which is actually the size of my iPhoto library.
Any suggestion how to find invisible file created by iPhoto and delete it from the hard disk on my computer? Many thanks for your help.
Haris
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Do a Spotlight search for "Library6.iPhoto" on your boot drive and that will tell you where the iPhoto LIbrary is hiding.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

How do I find and delete invisible files?

Mac Hard Drive info window says 157.58 GB used and 159.56 GB capacity, leaving 1.99 available.
Total for all folders in Mac HD is 133.344 GB.
14.13 GB Library
04.81 GB System
114.4 GB Users
16.58 GB Applications
.004 GB User Guides and Info
I appear to missing about 20 GB storage that I desperately need.
What is going on?
How do I clear out "invisible file" if that's what's taking up the 20 gigs?
How do I prevent this from happening again?
Please advise.
Thank you.
I have a MBPRO 2.26 running OSX 10.6.8

Thanks so much for your response.
Do you have any idea why there are 20 GB unaccounted for?
My hard drive seems to fill itself up continouously...I'd like to figure that one out.
Yes...Getting a larger HD is a great idea.
Does having a large HD impair performance?
I am thinking about getting a 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1500DM003/dp/B005T3G RPU/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=AVCN3MVCVULPH

How can I remove a doubly-invisible file?

My external drive has a 28GB invisible file on it called "Volume Catalog Info". The finder says the disk is full, but won't reveal the file, even with all files made visible.
The way I found the monster file was using DiskSurveyor 2.5 under Classic. I'd think it was imagining things, except that the Finder agrees that the disk is full. My 2 folders on the drive (no system files) add up to the same 28GB short of the size of the disk. I made all files visible using Terminal ("defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles 1") but besides the 2 folders mentined, there's nothing new shown of any size, only the following: Desktop DB 16KB, .DS_Store 8KB .TemporaryItems folder 8KB, Desktop DF 4KB, and .Spotlight-V100, .Trashes, Desktop, and Desktop Folder, all at Zero KB.
Since Terminal doesn't reveal the file either, how can I remove it?
Thanks!

I appreciate the help and think this may have been a case of operator error. In searching the web I found someone with the same problem, but I now think I had the wrong idea of my actual disk size! So DiskSurveyor showed this mega-file, but just as a side-effect of its being an OS9 program. No mega-file, nothing to delete, red face.

Converting a Keynote document to Powerpoint file doesn't work

I tried to convert Keynote documents to PowerPoint files that can be viewed and edited by PowerPoint users on Windows or Mac OS computers. All I got was a error. Can any one tell me how to make this work.I did every thing that was in the instructions.
To create a PowerPoint slideshow:
Choose File > Export and then click PowerPoint.
Click Next.
Type a name and choose a location for the file, and then click Export.

Hy Kyn, thank you for answering.
Every slide on my presentation has animated objekts. And every slide is linked (by hyperlink) to every slide on the presentation. So I want to give the user the chance to interrupt and to go to next slide. Therefore is an arrow to klick on, which has a hyperlink to next side (or do go to start, or to go back) - during the slide-animation is working.
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But interruption is not pssible.
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External Drive with invisible files

I have a MAC OS Extended format hard drive that I am attempting to clean up to make room for transfering some data. I have removed all the visible folder and files, but both finder and Disk Utility show that there are over 173 GB of data (over 2 million files) still on the volume. The drive is a 500 GB LaCie that I partitioned into two equal parts of 250GB. The other Partition was used exclusively for TM Backups. I want to reformat the drive ( the old back up partition I dont care about). but I am afraid of erasing files that I can't see.
Is there such a thing as an invisible file?
How can I find out what they are and why they are taking up so much of the drive?
I did run DU to Verify the volume and it checks out with no errors.
It is possible that they could be windows files that we used with Parallels at one time. But we no longer use Parallels. I would think that I would be able to see them even if I can't open the files.
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Drive Partition and Format
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3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
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How can I search for invisible files?

When I was using OS 10.3.x I could search for .DS_Store and .localized files (or any other invisible file) in the finder, using Search. But since I've been using OS 10.4.x I can't seem to find those particular files in the Search window anymore.
In both OS 10.3.x and 10.4.x I will set the search options to 'Visibility' -> 'Visible or Invisible'. But only 10.3.x will find invisible .DS_Store and .localized files, 10.4.x will not bring them up.
I know the files are there, I can make them visible with utilities like Invisibility Toggler. But that involves me manually going through each folder and deleting the invisible files one at a time. Is there any way to make those invisible files show up in the Search window?

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Spotlight doesn't find invisible files in Yosemite

Spotlight, under Yosemite 10.10.2, does not find invisible files, even when specifically requested to do it. The results window is empty.
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Open System Preferences > Spotlight. Under the 'privacy' tab, drag your HD into the list from a Finder window. As soon as it's in the list, remove it.
Spotlight will now begin to reindex your entire HD. You'll see a dot in the middle of the spotlight icon and clicking the icon will tell you that it's re-indexing.
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Is there a way to get Automator to select invisible files?

I need a way to get Automator to be able to select invisible files. Does anybody know a workaround?
Shift-Command-Period doesn't do anything (except make a beep).

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Is There A Simple Way Of Deleting Invisible Files?

There's an invisible file/folder that I need to delete but don't know how. Instructions about how to do it that I've come across seem rather unclear.
Is there a rather simple way of deleting Invisible files?

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http://download.cnet.com/EasyFind/3000-2248_4-8707.html
You can also use the free TinkerTool to turn on all invisible files, then do what you have to do, then turn invisible files off.
http://bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html

Find and sort all files in folder without invisible files

Hi all,
I am trying to check whether the newest file added to a folder is an HTML file. In theory the folder should be empty when a new file is added because the script will delete all files in the folder just before it finishes running.
However, I am having a problem with .DS_Store files being created automatically in the folder. When Finder accesses the folder it creates a new .DS_Store file and thus the newest file added to the folder is never an HTML file.
I believe that the command "without invisibles" could help me with this problem. However, I have not been able to implement this successfully. I would appreciate if someone could please point me in the right direction. Here is what I have so far.
tell application "Finder"
          set sortedFiles to reverse of (sort (files of thisFolder) by modification date) as alias list
          set newestFile to item 1 of sortedFiles
-- check if newestFile is an HTML file
-- read file and send contents to another application
end tell
Thanks for your help!
Message was edited by: dsbird

Errr... A quick reality check is called for. If you make files visible to the finder then they are no longer invisible files, so ignoring invisible files won't help you one bit. your best bet is to do a manual check for a file that starts with a "." (which would normally be invisible):
tell application "Finder"
          set thisFolder to folder "Pictures" of home
          set sortedFiles to (sort (files of thisFolder) by modification date) as alias list
          set newestFile to last item of sortedFiles
          if name of newestFile starts with "." then
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Invisible files

Hi All,
I hope you can help.
I have currently upgraded form adobe CS4 to CS5.
When i save files from illustrator to my external HD they are invisible??. I had no problems in CS4.
I'm really not sure what could of altered.
Thanks Andy.

Strange but just noticed this same problem within our workgroup. Typically we do not save directly to the network drive. But one of our workstations went down and we noticed this issue when working around the problem of the lost workstation.
Set up is the same as listed - ( snow leopard, Lacie 2big, Adobe Illustrator..). Did anyone get any clues to solving this problem at the creation of the file stage? Viewing invisible files with terminal commands or 3rd party apps is nice. But how do you stop the problem of the creation of the invisible file in the first place?
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Can't open Keynote 1.1.1 files generated using 10.3 on os 10.5.2

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Cannot find invisible files or folders any more

Find or Spotlight used to be able to find invisible or hidden files, folders, etc. This is key for some purposes.
Now it doesn't work. I can list hidden files or folders in terminal, but cannot find them at all using Spotlight, even when I know they are there. For example, searching for Name Contains private AND Visibility is Visible or Invisible returns nothing, even though ls -a returns private/ as one of the folders at root level.
Does anyone have an explanation for this change in behavior, or a fix? Using a utility like TinkerTool is not a satisfactory workaround, because searching still fails even when hidden files are shown in the finder.

Hi, j.e.s.
First, we need to define hidden and invisible files, as they are distinct:
• A hidden file is one whose file name begins with a period (.) . Example: a file named ".hidden" would not show up in Finder. This is a UNIX® standard.
• An invisible file has its invisible file-system attribute enabled.
A file can be both hidden and invisible, e.g. its name begins with a period and its invisible file-system attribute enabled.
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I have an entire appendix in the Tiger Edition of my book — from the info above is provided — that demonstrates all of these anomalies with Spotlight concerning searching for hidden and invisible files.
Your best bet for searching for hidden or invisible files under Tiger is to use EasyFind.
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