Hi Eileen, I agree with David’s explanation and I’ve also seen these files from time to time after using Microsoft Word for Windows. They are typically not left behind but every so often you’ll see one or more of them if Word or Windows was terminated improperly or experienced a problem. I would not worry about copying over your stuff and you should be able to safely delete the files. Your iTunes media folder should copy over just fine if you decide to transfer it.
Cheers, Grant > On Oct 19, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > I’ve never seen them on my windows computer which is where I use MS Word. I > don’t have Word or Office on the Mac and think I’d only ever invest in > getting it if & when the Mac gives me the ability to do Braille work /reading > .BRF files. > > Thank you for the explanation. > > Eileen > > From: David Griffith <mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 6:24 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Files Question. > > 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 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Files Question. >> >> >> >> >> Jonathan Cohn >> >> On Oct 19, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Eileen Scrivani < >> <mailto:etscriv...@verizon.net>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 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> <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. 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