Rescued items from Macintosh in Trash

When I put my computer to sleep and later re-start
there is always a file in the trash titled "rescued
items from Macintosh." If it's not trashed, each new
re-start there is then, another new file in the
trash, same thing, except new one is titled "rescued
items from Macintosh 2" and so, on. Inside each one
is "IE cache, ick." What do I do to correct this?
Thank you in advance!

iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x

Hi Connie and welcome to this very useful board.

I dont have a solution but have had the same issue for years.
When I drag from the trash and double click these items
there is usually nothing showing save for a 'using 8k of space'
message.

I've always deleted this and proceeded on, no worse for the wear.

If there is a solution we will find it on this board.

Stay tuned...
Chas

imac g3, 400MHz Mac OS 9.2.x os9.2.2 11.2 gig avail. vm-on -ram -off

In Mac OS 9, there is an invisible folder named Temporary Items that applications can use to store temporary files. For example, a graphics application can save changes to an image as temporary files so that the user can undo, or revert back to previous changes. Normally, these temporary files are deleted when the user quits the application.

If, however, the pointer "freezes" or the computer does not respond, the Finder moves any files in the Temporary Items folder to a Rescued Items folder in the Trash when the computer restarts. You can look in this folder for any items you wish to recover, or you can empty the Trash to recover the disk space.

Most of the time you can ignore the Rescued Items & empty the Trash. If, however, you have a freeze while you are using an application like Word, look in the Rescued Items folder & a recoverable Word file may be present.

Cheers, Tom

Hi, Connie -

That's normal.

At the moment I have 9 such folders in the Trash, the most recent one being "Rescued items from Maggie 8" (Maggie is the name I've given to my normal boot drive); I have had as many as 27 of those, and would have had more except I emptied the Trash.

Almost invariably those folders contain either "Download Cache" or "IE Cache.lck", or both of those. Both those files come from Internet Explorer, and are routinely dumped there whenever IE crashes, or when I intentionally empty the cache.

I ignore them, and the current collection goes away whenever I happen to empty the Trash.

When I put my computer to sleep and later re-start
there is always a file in the trash titled "rescued
items from Macintosh." If it's not trashed, each new
re-start there is then, another new file in the
trash, same thing, except new one is titled "rescued
items from Macintosh 2" and so, on. Inside each one
is "IE cache, ick." What do I do to correct this?
Thank you in advance!

iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x

iMac Mac OS 9.1.x IE 5.1

? Question. My rescued items also end up in the trash, but what starts the freeze that causes this? When I'm reading the New York Times on Yahoo mail, certain articles would freeze the computer. When I'd try to open the article again, it would again freeze. Yahoo mail suggested changing to Safari, but Mac 9.1 won't support Safari.
I loaded Opera 6.03 to replace IE, but it keeps crashing, saying there is a type 2 error. I tried loading Opera 9, but it - and most other programs I try to install - say they can't find the application program that created them..

A visitor upgraded IE 5 to 5.1 with great difficulty, as it too couldn't find the application program which created it. Now I can't relist items on eBay. Every time I try to include a photo with the relisting, the computer freezes. Now the trash also has Internet preferences and a note says preferences have reverted to an earlier version.

My kids say to buy a newer computer, for the third time now, as IE is unsupported. But I only use the Internet for listing on eBay, reading the paper, and sending mail. Are there some answers out there?

Also I read there is a pull-down tab for listing new questions with a discussion group. If there is such an item on my computer, it is seemingly invisible. In easily understood English, can someone tell me the proper way I should have listed these questions?

iMac Mac OS 9.1.x IE 5.1

iMac Mac OS 9.1.x IE 5.1

Hi, kath2411 -

Welcome to Apple's Discussions.

First thing to do is to increase the Preferred memory allocation for Internet Explorer - adding 30 or 40 thousand, or even more, to the original Preferred amount is not excessive.
Article #18278 - Assigning More Memory to an Application

Emptying IE's Cache on a regular basis can help, too. To do that, with IE running and the active app, open its Preferences (Edit menu) and go here - Preferences > Web Browser > Advanced. There's a button in the middle of that page to empty the Cache.

If your machine is connected via broadband (cable or DSL), you can also try setting the Cache to zero. IF you do that, it is a good idea to throw away the file IE uses as its cache, here - System Folder >> Preferences >> MS Internet Cache >> IE Cache.waf - (do that with IE not running).

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I tried loading Opera 9, but it - and most other programs I try to install - say they can't find the application program that created them....

That could indicate the desktop file is overly bloated or corrupt. To fix that, rebuild the desktop file (note that the "desktop file" and the "desktop" have very little to do with each other).

To rebuild the desktop safely, restart - immediately hold down the Shift key until you get the "Extensions Off" message; then release Shift and hold down the Command and Option keys until you get the splash screen asking if you want to rebuild the desktop; click yes (or okay). Once that's done, restart to turn your extensions back on.

That message can also result when the drive is too full. When a drive gets more than about 85% full odd things, strange behaviors, can start happening. The solution for that is to archive off enough stuff to regain adequate free space on the drive.

It would not hurt to boot to your most recent OS 9 Install CD, then run Disk First Aid from the Utilities folder on the CD. Let DFA have a look at the drive, and allow it to repair what it can. It is not unusual for DFA to find things it just can not fix - it then becomes necessary to use a stronger utility, one such as DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro.

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Also I read there is a pull-down tab for listing new questions with a discussion group. If there is such an item on my computer, it is seemingly invisible. In easily understood English, can someone tell me the proper way I should have listed these questions?

Seems to me you have accomplished that - and in the usual way, except that you added your question to an existing Topic's thread rather than creating a new one of your own.

In Apple Discussions, a new Topic can be created only when you are on a Forum page; one can not be created while on a Category page.

If you look underneath the large Apple Discussions glyph in the upper left of each page, in large grayish type you will see the name of the page - the first word in that name, "Category:" or "Forum:", gives the type of page.

For example, the OS 9 Category page is this one -
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=99

If you look in the section in the upper part of that page, you will see two forums listed. If you click the one named Using Mac OS 9 you will be taken to that forun, here -
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=669

This thread is in that forum. Once in the Forum, there will be a "Post New Topic" link in the upper left of the page, just under the page's name.

As far as a pull-down menu or tab for questions, I've never seen anything like that in Discussions. Perhaps you could provide a link to where you read that?