Recovered Files in Trash

[NYU02]

This is probably the ultimate novice question but when I restart my computer there are always recovered files in the trash. Why is that & is that normal?

Thanks,
NYU02

 

[mkrishnan]

It has been covered before, but not super often, and it's okay to ask.

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=46210

Basically, if a program leaves something in /temporary items/, and fails to delete it, it gets moved to the trashcan on reboot. You can ignore these files and just delete them the next time you get to emptying your trash.

 

[ifonline]

Excellent... I was just about to post about this myself. New to the Mac as well, and this helped me tremendously. Thanks!