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Hans Rickhet Author

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Strange files

Today I opened some external hard drives connected to my Mac and found these strange files that I cannot open. (Screenshots below) Can anybody identify that they are? Should I be concerned?

Mac mini, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 24, 2020 10:49 AM

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Posted on Mar 24, 2020 10:55 AM

What files are you referring to?

If you mean the files with a . at the beginning of the name, those are system files/folders.

Don't worry about it.

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Mar 24, 2020 10:55 AM in response to Hans Rickhet

What files are you referring to?

If you mean the files with a . at the beginning of the name, those are system files/folders.

Don't worry about it.

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Hans Rickhet Author

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Mar 24, 2020 11:06 AM in response to KiltedTim

I was assuming that might be what they are. I just never encountered them before and was a tad paranoid. Thank you for the reassurance!

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