Strange folder in my trash

hello, i am finding the the trash, the folder "recovered files". inside the folder there is the file "wkresources". do you know what is this, and what does it mean? thank you for replaying

This is normal, system removes cached files this way.

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Hi All,
I have an iMac 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running Leopard 10.5.8.
The last 2 days I have had a folder in my trash called "Database" inside that folder is a TextEdit Document of 88MB - when I go to empty it I get the message that it could not be emptied because the item "Database.sqlite3" is in use.
Any ideas on what it is and how I get rid of it?
All help appreciated
Thanks
Morris

Restart and then empty the trash.

Strange Null file in Trash that wont delete.

I have a strange file in my Trash that I can't delete. It has a name of "␀␀␀␀␀␀␀.␀␀␀". It appears as if all the characters are Null.
These are the actions I have taken:
1. Using Tech Tool Pro, performed file system check. Now problems found.
2. Using Terminal, changed directory to .Trash, performed ls -A and no files were found.
3. Attempted a delete (rm) of all files in trash. No luck. File remains.
4. When I select file and do a Get Info, the file disappears and the Trash Icon shows empty, but opening the trash again brings this strange file back.
5. Tried renaming the file but the rename fails with an error -43.
6. I booted from another disk and rand Disk utility which found and corrected incorrect file count problem. Still the file persists, and the verify of the disk now returns no errors.
7. Ran verify disk permissions. No problems found.
I believe the file first appeared after installing Leopard 10.5.3 update, but I'm not sure if this is related.
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Jeff Cameron

Thank you! That was it.
Although my Windows Partition is FAT32 instead of NTFS, after booting XP, I found a null file in C:\.Trashes\501\. I could not delete it there either. My next step was to run CHKDSK C: /F, which converted the 501 folder into a file, which I could delete.
Booting back into OSX, the null file was now gone.
Thanks again for your help.
Jeff

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i have found a strange folder in my hard drive which i have not created. i am only the user using this mac. its called private... i found this after running omnidisksweeper.
i don't know i can delete this or not...
do u have any idea????... i am not finding this folder when i open my hard drive.. i searched on invisibility files also.. but i have not found........
where is this located.. in this folder, there is a file which size about 2gb.. i am not sure whether this is a file which is important or not........
how can i know this???.... if i delete this, any thing will happen or not..?????
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http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/invisibles.html
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No. Not a virus. Most likely something created by some Adobe app, which is notorious for that kind of thing. Delete it and forget it.

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Hi, I was busy clearing up some space on my trusty old Powerbook (G4 Titanium) HD today when I spotted an old system folder, I think they’re called "previous system folder" or something like that. I was just in the middle of trashing it when someone at work distracted me and instead I dragged my current "systems folder" over the trash. I didn’t notice this until the split second I released the mouse button! NNNOOOOO!
As soon as I'd done this the little coloured spinning wheel replaced my mouse arrow and I couldn’t get my Mac to do anything! Obviously when I tried to restart, after the usual grey screen I get a black one with lots written on it and ending with something about "panic"!!!
First I tried my OSX 10.38 upgrade install disc but once I select the HD to install on it says "You can not install MacOSX on this volume. An earlier version of Mac OSX is not installed".
So then I tried my original OSX 10.2 install disc that I got with the lap top, but once I select the HD to install on it says "newer versions of some software already installed, this software doesn’t allow older versions to be installed over newer versions". When I click on OPTIONS the "ARCHIVE & INSTALL" option is greyed out and not available, only the ERASE & INSTALL is.
Although I’ve backed up most work stuff etc there’s nearly 1000 irreplaceable family photos on it in IPHOTO that I would be absolutely gutted to lose! I would really be grateful if someone could tell me how to save them. If I could somehow save my other stuff it would be a big bonus also! Is there anyway I can either get the START UP FOLDER put back where it needs to be or do an ARCHIVE & INSTALL?
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Boot the computer from an external drive. You can then move the folder from the Trash back to where it belongs. Not really sure how you did this since the OS will not let you delete the System folder without authorization unless you are logged in as root.
If you don't have a backup on an external drive (and why not?) but can access another Mac, then you can connect the two via Firewire cable, boot your computer into Target Disk Mode. Then boot the other computer normally. After startup your hard drive will appear on the Desktop of the other computer. You can then move the System folder out of the Trash back to where it belongs.
Remember backups are your friend.
Basic Backup
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Although you can buy a complete FireWire drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
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OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
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Ask the app developer. That's not an Apple product. I suspect that if it wasn't backed up, it's gone.

I Have Accidentally Put My System Folder In The Trash...

Hello,
One day i was cleaning up my harddrive when i think i may have accidentally dragged my system folder to the trash can. At which point i shut down the computer. Now i went to restart the computer and a panic screen pops up and i cannot load into my os. i already tried force loading the start up cd and that don't work. i heard there is a fix for this i can't find it though. is there a way to fix this? Im ok with losing my data I would actually prefer to lose it.
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Just To Let You Aware I Have Other Computers If That Helps

What other computers do you have? If you have another Mac with FireWire, you could try starting up in FireWire Target Disk Mode with the iBook G4 as the target disk. This will mount the iBook's hard drive on the other Mac and you should be able to access the iBook's hard disk from the other Mac and drag the System Folder out of the Trash and back to where it belongs.

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I have an imac...put a folder in the trash and it has a locked program,now i can get it out of the trash to unlock it so i can empty the trash...any help appreciated.

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Can l recover Email that have been send to the trash folder and the trash folder has been empty?

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You might get them from the trash opr the original folder with this add-on https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/index-en.html#recDelMsg or you might not. It is hit an miss if they are still available to be undeleted.
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in info window tells me that it's file with unknown access.
It doesn't cause any visible harm I just want to find out how this file appeared and how to get rid of it.
-when did search for invisible files
found it in Bootcamp>.Trashes> 501 which is a folder, empty.
(The Bootcamp partition is empty, I created it when purchased the laptop just in case I install Windows someday. When I open it there is just empty Desktop folder ,size zero Kb)
Here it gets weird with this 501 folder - on the finder window is displayed that it is created on 27 April 2025 at 7.33pm.
Now is the year 2011, so how a folder can be created in the year 2025???
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and modified on 27 April 2025 at 7.33pm.
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Any help with deleting this ghost file (without reinstalling whole system)?
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