Hello,
after I did an update on my MacBook, empty files appeared on my hard drive (Macintosh HD, extern HDD and iCloud). I guess that macOS needs these files and you can't delete them but is there a way to hide the files again? I am using my MacBook for more than 2 years now and the files only appeared now.
And in the iCloud tap appeared empty folders from Apps I don't use no more, whenever I delete them they reappear.
MacBook Pro
The filenames of the greyed-out files are starting with a dot. Usually these files and folders are invisible, as they are used as configuration files for the system and the shell.
You can toggle the display of these files with a keyboard shortcut:
Alternately, you can use a Terminal command. Copy and paste the line below into a Terminal window to make hidden files visible:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES && killall Finder
And to hide them again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool NO && killall Finder
The filenames of the greyed-out files are starting with a dot. Usually these files and folders are invisible, as they are used as configuration files for the system and the shell.
You can toggle the display of these files with a keyboard shortcut:
Alternately, you can use a Terminal command. Copy and paste the line below into a Terminal window to make hidden files visible:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES && killall Finder
And to hide them again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool NO && killall Finder
empty files on my hard drive