Fresh install - vm folder under main drive ?

[myuserid08]

Just installed a fresh copy of 10.13.1 and noticed a "vm" folder under Macintosh HD. There is a "swapfile" file within this folder.
Looks odd - before I start restoring docs, is it worth downloading another copy of 10.13.1 and installing again ?

 

[MyNamesNotBob]

Just installed a fresh copy of 10.13.1 and noticed a "vm" folder under Macintosh HD. There is a "swapfile" file within this folder.
Looks odd - before I start restoring docs, is it worth downloading another copy of 10.13.1 and installing again ?

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Should be hidden, just hide it. Is it there after a restart?

 

[myuserid08]

Yes, it was still there after reboot.
Carried out fresh install - still showing. I've also run the hide command in terminal.
Odd one!

 

[Fishrrman]

I believe that folder is supposed to be there.
Best to "leave it be..."

 

[BLUEDOG314]

Might just be a bug considering the changes in High Sierra. If you run High Sierra on an all flash machine it actually becomes a volume in the APFS container.

 

[MilaM]

I noticed this folder too. But it only appeared on my MacBook Air (SSD only) which was upgraded to macOS Sierra 10.13.0. I upgraded another Mac mini (also SSD only) to 10.13.1 last week. Here the vm folder is not present or visible.

The Mac mini has more RAM. Maybe that makes a difference.

The files inside the folder are used for managing sleep images and swap memory as far as I know.