Q: Hidden Duplicate Files
When I delete one file--Word, jpeg, or pdf--my computer almost always, though not always, shows that it is deleting two files. I'm working on a 2008 MacBook Pro with the latest upgrades. Memory and speed are becoming issues (no big surprise there), but I wonder if these apparently doubled files are making things worse than they need to be. Someone suggested that I might have accidentally turned on time-machine and thus be constantly creating a back up on my hard drive, but that doesn't seem to be the case (I've never used time machine). I can't actually find any indication of duplicate files anywhere on my computer, not even in the trash bin after I delete one of these apparently doubled files.
Is this just an oddity in the notification message? Or is it possible I have shadow files somewhere on my computer? Any explanation or solution to this problem would be appreciated. (A new computer will have to wait until 2016).
Thanks in advance.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Sep 26, 2015 11:47 AM