Q: "lost and found" folder?
Just cleaned house on my MacBook Pro; backed up all of my files, ran disk utility and then carefully trashed a number of duplicate files (not system or library files), restarted and reran disk utility. Everything appeared to be fine and then rebacked-up everything on an external drive and Time Capsule. Restarted again and then ran TechTool Pro 7.03 (all the tests plus Volume Rebuild, File Optimization and Volume Optimization [which self-cancelled]). Looked at my main drive and a new folder "Lost + Found" had been built. It includes 75 sub-folders with a wide variety of content, most of which consists of System or Library files.
What have I done? The computer appears to be running fine. Can I safely trash the "Lost & Found" folder?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Posted on May 3, 2014 10:33 AM