What is this "Recovered file" in Trash?

Every time I log-in there is a folder in the Trash called "Recovered Files" which contains a document titled "com.shirtpocket.lastVolumeList"
What is this document?
Is it correct that it should be there at each log-in?
Thanks for your help.
John

in most cases Recovered files are nothing to worry about.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8982.html
they are just some temporary files that an application should have deleted itself when it quit but for some reason didn't. if it happens on every restart it may indicate that the app in question (in your case Superduper) has a problem although I seriously doubt it's the case here.

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What is this "recovered files"?

sometimes when I reboot.. or start the computer if it was off.. when it starts back up a file is in the trash named "recovered files". what is that and why is it there? the few times i've looked at it its always empty. is there any significance to it at all?

Hello, I am fairly new to Mac, only about a years experience, but I just got my mom a new iMac and ran into a similar problem with the iTunes library.
My mom and little sister are using the same computer and I set them up with different logins so they could each have their own desktop/prefs etc...but they wanted to have the same iTunes library so I had to put the library into a different spot than the normal "music" section. After a few days my little sister noticed it was difficult for her to navigate to the iTunes library folder to upload music to myspace etc. So I made an alias of the folder and put it into the "music" section on the Finders sidebar. After the next startup all the music was gone from iTunes, including her playlists. I paniced for a minute, but then realized the music was still there and just had to "add to library" to get it all back, no luck with the playlists though.
Long story short, maybe your music is still on your computer somewhere?
I'm still not sure why that happened though, can I not make an alias of a folder to keep elsewhere on the computer without the program "forgetting" where it is? I left the original folder in place.

Recovered files in trash after sleeping

Upgraded to Tiger 10.4.11 from Panther about 4 weeks ago using Erase & Install, then restoring apps, files, etc. with Migration Assistant from a clone. Flawless & painless--whew! However, I'm now having one minor but annoying issue--after playing Burning Monkey Solitaire, quitting, logging out & putting Mac to sleep, find recovered files in trash on next log in, specifically a couple of BMS text files. The Freeverse support folks are still working with me on this issue (suggesting doing a Secure Empty Trash, which didn't prevent the files from returning). I'm posting here, however, because today there was also an iPhoto folder (empty) in the Recovered files folder in the Trash. Any ideas on why this may be happening and how to stop it? I've used iPhoto since the OS upgrade without this occurring and, so far at least, no other apps (Word, Excel, other games, etc.) have been leaving orphan files on quit/sleep/logout that wind up recovered in the trash.
As I said, it's a minor annoyance, but hope it's not a symptom of something more serious. Thanks!

Thanks, but that's not quite what's happening here . . . first, neither Burning Monkey nor iPhoto unexpectedly quit--always were quit normally. Second, recovered files folder shows up after sleeping, not just after restarting.

Do I need to know what a "Recovered File" in trash is before emptying the trash?

I have seen several questions about Recovered Files in the trash and am guessing its safe to just dump the trash. The files are "Image Debug" and "MaglevExpressTemp140". I did a google search and know that I'm not the only one this has happened to and I'm pretty sure its not serious, but wondered if anyone knows what they are.
I'm thinking it might have something to do with scanning of some old photos I did earlier today on my HP C6280 All-in-One. There was an HP software update a few days ago and its working fine, but maybe this is a bug that my mac just trashes. If possible, I would like to understand what it is. If its too technical, I'll just trash it whenever it shows up. I have had a few unknown Recovered File folders show up in the past and trashed them with no consequences that I know of. thank you.
laverne's mom

Thank you. Nothing crashed at all which I guess is a good thing. I just couldn't figure out where they came from and since the only things I did today besides being on a few forums that I am involved with was to scan some really old family photos to email or post on one of the forums. So it is either something in the scanning or in Preview. and like I said the HP software is the one most recently updated. I'm going to trash them now so I don't have to think about it. And will do it again if the reappear.
laverne's mom

Whats is Recovered file in trash ?

For some reasson my trash (folder)? keeps putting after some time a folder named recovered files and inside something else.I dont know whats going on with it if i had delete it it come back some time later.pls help me i dont know what to do.NOTE:i have some time ago updated to mavericks
so that might help you. Thanks for reading.

so these are file(s) that a useless untill you get rid of them but its keeps coming back is that normal ?

What is the 'Recovered Files' folder often in my Trash??

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[A folder called Recovered Files appears in my Trash|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2267.html]
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2678276

Recovered files in trash

Ever since I update to Yosemite 10.10.1 when I only shut my computer down and turn it back on in the morning there is a file that says recovered files in my trash do I need to delete these since they are in my trash? Also I notice sometimes around 600pm at night a folder pops up says Nov folder and select ok but then it on desktop i do not know what this is and just move to trash.I do not have a screen shot of this it only happens occasionally please let me know if anyone has these same issue since the update and what to do to fix them.
Thank you

The recovered items folder can be safely ignored: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23371?viewlocale=en_US
(Often these are cache files from Microsoft Office. If you indeed have this installed, the issue can be solved: see last post in this topic.)

OS X 10.4.10 Starts Up with iPhoto Recovered Files in Trash

Each time I boot up, I notice that my trash has an iPhoto recovered files folder in it.....what is causing this, and how can I remedy this.....advise plz.

Each time I boot up, I notice that my trash has an iPhoto recovered files folder in it.....what is causing this, and how can I remedy this.....advise plz.

Odd recovered files in trash

Not sure if I should post this here or in the MBP forum...
On bootup a couple of days ago, I found another "recovered files" folder in the trash on my MBP; I usually look at the contents and simply empty the trash, but when I checked it this time, it had a strange sub folder "tempfolder aaa" which contains the following:
DPLib, IMLLib, MacromediaRuntime Lib, ProjLib (all shared libraries) and a folder "xtras" with:
Animated GIF Asset, Buddy API OSX Xtra, Font Asset PPC, Font Xtra PPC, TextAsset PPC, and TextXtra PPC (all Final Cut Express plugin files, version 9.0 Director MX).
I've since done a search on all of these, but can't find anything. The one thing they all seem to have in common is the "version 9.0 Director MX". I do have FCE installed, but have not used it at all. The only thing I did at the time these files apparently went into the trash was to uninstall my Epson printer because I purchased a new one. I uninstalled the same printer on my iMac and did not get any of these strange files in the trash.
I'm hesitant to empty the trash because they are all libraries and some are FCE plugins. The MBP seems to be working fine, but I haven't had a need to really use any application in the last few days.
Any helpful suggestions are much appreciated!

Hi Barbara,
This from the Apple Help Viewer.
*If Trash contains “Recovered Files”*
One or more Recovered Files folders may appear in your Trash after restarting your computer.
The recovered files are temporary files used by Mac OS X applications. Usually temporary files are deleted by an application when it no longer needs them. If an application quits unexpectedly, the temporary files may not be deleted by the application. When you restart your computer, Mac OS X moves these temporary files to the Trash.
You can retrieve useful files by dragging them out of the Trash. In most cases, however, the temporary files are not important and it is safe to empty your Trash. Check with the manufacturer of the application if you are not sure.
Carolyn

Premiere Pro CC recovered files in trash

After rendering a sequence in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, saving, closing program and shutting down computer, upon restart of the computer a number of "Recovered Files" I-Frame Only MPEG.....epr show up in my trash. Why is this happening? Is it safe to delete them?
Thanks

Thank you very much again for your answer!
Boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down) and reinstall the system. That will include a new copy of the App Store application.
I did it two times before but this did not solved the issue.
By the way I've never had a Mac or system that didn't occasionally leave recovered files in the Trash bin.
I heard about that (related to MS Office and also IBM Notes) but I was nerver affected of that issue since installing OS X 10.10.
Just ignore them.
It is hard to ignore that Every day empty the Trash...
Thank you for the script. I want to upgrade my Mac with a SSD drive and I will test then a clean OS X install. Hope this solved the problem.
Many thanks to you and the time you invested!

Recovering Files in Trash with Time Machine?

Hey guys,
So I have some files that I desperately need to recover that I put in my trash a while ago. I am certain they were still in there when I recently backed up my Macbook Pro to Time Machine, but then a week later I accidentally emptied the trash, forgetting I'd left valuable files in there.
I've since tried to search through my time machine backup, but however cannot find a folder that contains the files anywhere. I tried making hidden files, but still can't find a folder that would contain the files that were in my trash.
Is there any way to recover files that were in the trash in a time machine backup?
Further details (may not all be necessary, just in case):
Computer: MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2012)
OSX: Was running Mavericks at time of aforementioned events, now running Yosemite
Type of Files Trying To Find: Videos
Any suggestions?
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Time Machine doesn't back up the Trash. You would have to recover the files from wherever they were before you put them in the Trash.
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Can't get rid of 'recovered file' in trash.

Please help. Every time I log in (I am the administrator), or restart, there is a recovered file in the trash which on opening contains 'EWSMacCompress.tar', decompress to 'EMSMac.framework' file containing, among other things, a 'EWSMac74' item 'Kind:Unix Excutable File (Universal).
I can empty the trash but it will return as a recovered file after each log in or restart. I think that it may be due to a remnant of a previously trashed program which I cannot locate.
I am a novice and would welcome any help from the more experienced.
Thank you.
iMac G5 20 2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Thank you for your suggestions.
The problem is not with emptying the trash, that I can do.
After emptying the trash of the recovered file, 'spot light' search indicate that it and all associated data no longer exist.
The trash will remain empty until a restart or logged out; the file will return to the trash on restart or logged back in.
Perhaps someone can help identify the origin or author of the program 'EWSMacCompress.tar.gz', and I could get in touch with them to help with locating the problem area.
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Recovering files from trash???

PLEEEEEASE HELP! Can someone tell me if you can recover files from somewhere in the system that have been deleted from trash

Basics of File Recovery
Files in Trash
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
If you empty the Trash the files are gone. If a program does an immediate delete rather than moving files to the Trash, then the files are gone. Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down. When files are deleted only the directory entries, not the files themselves, is modified. The space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage, but the files are still on the drive. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

Recovering files from trash, OS8.1

I am unable to open the trash directory on a Mac 7100 running OS8.1. The window does not expand by clicking or dragging. This means I can't remove the individual files that I need to recover.
Related information:
The trash has 4181 small ".txt" files in it, plus 8 folders.
I have tried a couple of things without success:
1. Option-clicking on the trash.
2. Control-clicking on the trash.
3. Using "select all" then copying to clipboard. The file names are all then seen on the clipboard, but I can't access the files.
Any suggestions would be most welcome. I really would like to recover many of those files. Thanks!

Thank you for the suggestions. Assuming I find and run Disk Warrior or similar to create a new directory, then what? How will I get the files in the trash to it?
Apologies for the limited understanding.
Bristlecone
bristlecone
Welcome to the Discussions.
Let me suggest that, before you undertake any
larger-scale exercise of rescue, that you take into
account the re-addressing that moving a considerable
number of files from one folder to another (here the
Trash) involves. This is especially true if any of
the icons in your folders are presently shown as
generic (page with a turned-down corner) rather than
their normal guise.
If you have access to a file utility such as
DiskWarrior (always a good investment), use it to
construct an entirely new file directory for your
drive. Failing that, a less powerful but still
useful weapon is to rebuild the desktop of your Mac,
by starting/restarting with the keys command-option
held down together until the window asking whether
you wish to rebuild the desktop appears on the
desktop, and then accepting its offer.
If neither of the foregoing is of use, Niel's bigger
hammer will be effective.
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+ 3PB; G3: 6DT System 6.0.8 to OS
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MAC OSX 10.9.5: What is this strange file format in the Open Dialog box?

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To be completely transparent, I'd originally posted this image on my twitter feed to @illustrator. Since then I have been in communication with Scott but the advice has been to reinstall Illustrator. If this had happened on one machine, I'd be inclined to agree that this may do something, but since discovering this unusual format, i've since seen it on six macs running OS 10.9.5 and illustrator version 18.1.0 OR 18.1.1
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