Really weird OSX bug. Any ideas chaps?

Phate · 21 Jan 2011 at 00:31

Hi guys,

Quick one for you, basically whenever I create or save a NEW file to my OS hard drive (I have 4 internal drives) About every 10 seconds a blank .rtf file is created and put on my desktop, regardless of where I save file I had just saved, IE documents, music, whatever.

It looks like this...

Now, I can and have been deleting them, but it's getting annoying, it'll keep creating the files till my desktop is full up.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jake

Spyhop · 21 Jan 2011 at 01:04

Try the following in Terminal to see what's involved with them when they appear

Code:

sudo opensnoop | grep .rtf

Phate · 21 Jan 2011 at 10:30

Hi mate,

Thanks for the suggestion, its made no difference really, the rtf files are blank.

knowledge123 · 22 Jan 2011 at 03:29

What apps do you have running on startup ? (look in the Users section in system preferences).
Also check /library/LaunchAgents , /library/LaunchDaemons/ and /(username)/library/LaunchAgents to see what is there.