I just noticed from within the finder that the root of my drive has a file, with no extension, called 0, that is a 0 byte file. Does anyone know where this could possibly have come from and whether it's save to delete? It should be, no? I'm thinking maybe it's a file needed by one of my apps which will eventually write to it? I dunno.
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Jump to PostHello,
I did not find such a file on my 10.3.4 computer... then again, I have one of the oldest computers that can run OS X.
Who owns the file? What group?
I would suggest that the file is not bothering you, aside from the nagging question …
Jump to PostI have a suggestion and an App idea. Perhaps you can just look at this mystery file and take note of that last accessed / last modified date. Take a look at it again in a week or few days or so. If it hasn't been updated, it's probably safe …
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