What am I get a warning about a filename that does not exist?

Just hours after a factory reset, before I installed any apps, I get this popup warning me that my file can't be moved because one with this name exists. I'm very confused - I don't have any files with that name. Just a handful of screenshots and text files on my desktop. Google returned no results. What is this about?




MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Feb 8, 2024 3:09 AM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2024 7:09 AM

Press Command-Shift-D to open a window with the contents of the Desktop folder.


Press Command-Shift-period to show hidden files - these will appear in grey.

Do you see an invisible file with that name?


(you can press Command-Shift-period again to stop showing hidden files)

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Feb 8, 2024 3:43 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Before I could press Command-Shift-D, I had to do another factory reset to keep testing TexEdit issues for tech support, so any original files are gone. However, the only files on the desktop were: a textedit .rtf file, screenshots, QuickTime screen recordings, and a Zipped version of some of those screen recordings. I have the same thing on my desktop now (not same files, but a textedit file, screenshots, screen recordings, and a zip) but pressing that shortcut doesn't show anything new. Do you know what app could have created this? It must be a native MacOS app. And I didn't type anything like that. TextEdit, Safari, Quicktime, Preview were the only apps I used IIRC - might have briefly opened Notes or Pages but that's it.

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What am I get a warning about a filename that does not exist?

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