Weird screencaptureui files found in Bin after restarting Mac

I am currently using macOS Big Sur.


After restarting my Mac, I found a "Recovered files" folder in the Bin, which contained about 10 empty folders titled "nsird_screencaptureui_{6 letter string}".


Anyone know what these are?


Is the device being recorded or something?


I did find a "screencaptureui.8" file in Finder, under "Library..........Usr/share/man/man8", which is apparently related to Homebrew.


I did find this link online:


Which contains "nsird_appname_{6 letter string}" (search for 'nsird'), which is the exact format found in my Bin, and they claim it will appear in Temporary Items which appears to be what's happening here. Though I am not sure what the script does, and what it's for

Posted on Jan 17, 2021 5:35 AM

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Weird screencaptureui files found in Bin after restarting Mac

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