The files beginning with ~ are typically temprary Word or Office files
which are created when you open an MS Word document in Word for editing.
Normally these files are deleted when you close a document or shut down
Word. However if you for any reason shut down your computer without
closing Word or if your computer crashes then these files remain on your
disk. Word can use them on Windows for document recovery. I do not
believe that similar document recovery is possible if they are simply
ported across to the Mac.
David Griffith
On 19/10/2015 23:00, Eileen Scrivani wrote:
Although I have not inspected them for a one-to-one correspondence
(there are too many of them), they all appear to be in the folder with
the standard file type. I have not brought my Itunes stuff over to
the Mac since I am still leary of it.
I normally connect my phone to my Windows computer.
Eileen
*From:* Jonathan C. Cohn <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 5:42 PM
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*Subject:* Re: Files Question.
Jonathan Cohn
On Oct 19, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net
<mailto:etscriv...@verizon.net>> wrote:
Hi,
I had my Mac Book restored to Yosemity last week. I’ve recopied my
files back onto the computer, but have a question about the files I
copied over from a USB drive.
I copied 3 folders from my Windows 8 computer. The files are a
combination of .DOC (MS Word) .TXT & .PDF files. They are in the
folders on the Mac. However, before I get to the file names I
recognize, I have a series of files that all seem to begin with ~$
then the file name. Some say they are MS Word docs, but others
indicate they are Unixe executable files. I have no idea why they
are there or where they came from. Can anyone please explain what
they are, why they are there and can I delete them from the folders?
Below the list of all the ones that start with ~$ is the real file
list of names I am able to open in Text Edit and read.
Thanks for any input.
Eileen
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<Eileen scrivani.vcf>hello,
These contain metadata like tags and access list and default
application to open the file. They should be safe to delete if they
appear on your mac hfs disk partition though copying the files back to
the mac should have reincorporated these with the regular files. I
would be more concered about iphoto or iTunes files if they lose this
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