Phantom Files!

I accidentally posted this somewhere else, but it works best here.
We use Quark 5 in Classic Mode on our G5s running OS X (10.3.x). Whenever we use one of the Classic Mode dialog boxes, like Open or Save As, we see files that don't exist. I can visually confirm they're not on the desktop and they don't show up in the Terminal, but Classic Mode lists them anyway. Check out my screen shot. "PRAMID" is definitely not there, but Classic Mode is convinced. Also, in the Get Picture dialog, there is an EPS that I can actually place on the document even though it's not really there. What are these phantom files?

Sounds like the files are invisible in OS X, but become visible in OS 9 because OS 9 doesn't understand the Unix type of invisibility.

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hallo everybody,
i am Cristiano from Italy.
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someone can help me?
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bump this thread. Honestly, why Adobe isnt adressing the issue there ? The phantom .cine files are currently a pain to color correct. they are darker and greener. Completely off. I read somewhere else in this forum the same issue and someone from adobe named Kevin said 1 year ago they are going to fix this : never happened, as it seems phantom users are ver low in numbers (???) We are working with phantom files everyday, and Premiere is the way to go, as Resolve workflow doesnt always match clients budgets.
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The .DS_Store hidden file in that folder may be corrupted. Try deleting it.
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A hard restart means that changes to files, the directory, the volume information block can be lost.
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If I can save my music from demise, I would of course like to do that. But if not, at least help me to restore it. It's virtually useless right now =(
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