Can I delete these?

[drew336]

These show up in Mac HD.. " 24.00 " and " mds-crash-state "

They have been there for a while, I think since my computer kernal paniced a month ago.. but when I trash mds it says it needs to be authenticated however 24.00 just goes straight to the trash. I'm scared. Help.. can I delete these without screwing stuff up? Especially the mds one. Thanks.

 

[adamb100]

Offtopic: Where did you get those icons? 🙂

 

[WildCowboy]

The icons are from David Lanham.

The mds-crash-state file is a Spotlight crash log. You should be able to delete it with no worries. I don't know what the other file is.

 

[MacMarvin]

mds is related to Spotlight. Generally you can delete files that weren't there before. You have to be careful sometimes that certain files just don't become visible - that's why it's handy to know what invisible files are on your system.

Here is osme more info on it:

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html

Spotlight probably crashed for a reason so I would remove the files and run a disk utility check.