I used to run Napster, and have never had any problems with .MacsterCache files. However, while Mac OS is extremely flexible with filenames, it is recommended that certain characters should not be present in filenames, one of those is a dot (period) preceding a name, as in .MacsterCache. Therefore, it is possible that some application is having conflicts with those names and crashing the entire machine. As for what, nothing springs to mind. It would have to be some program that regularly looks around your hard disc and grabs lists of all the files in directories. As I said, I have never had any problems there. Furthermore, hidden files on the Mac are hidden for a purpose, and care should be taken before (and even if) deleting them. These files can be important and are probably best left alone. In fact, Napster was probably a bit unwise making those files hidden, as they are not system files. But hey. - Daniel. PS Of course, I have Aimster now, and that is responsible for far more crashes than Napster has even been, stupid piece of... ;) -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
