.Trash folder? Help I messed something up

[lyons238]

ok well i just got my new hd in. i was installing all my apps i need. and then i was installing hdamp and i did something in terminal.

now in finder i have folders called .Trash and like .DS_Store which i think is part of smcfancontrol. i actually now have a ton of weird named folders iv never seen before in finder right next to my user folder and app folder etc...

what did i do??? help plz

edit: does anyone else see windows symbols in my sig? i dont see how when i put the (apple) symbol in. weird..

 

[lozzy1234567890]

Files like .Trash are hidden files, so i would gather that u have changed the settings in the terminal to that so u can see hidden files, nothing a quick terminal thing can do, or a preference app, etc, look at the link. and yes, i see the windows logo in ur sig weirdly. http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/04/show-hidden-files.html

 

[iphone1105]

ok well i just got my new hd in. i was installing all my apps i need. and then i was installing hdamp and i did something in terminal.

now in finder i have folders called .Trash and like .DS_Store which i think is part of smcfancontrol. when i try to delete the folders they just keep loading and when i hit stop they just keep stopping. help plz

edit: does anyone else see windows symbols in my sig? i dont see how when i put the (apple) symbol in

The only thing I can help with, is the windows icons are a little Macrumors Aprils Fools joke

 

[lyons238]

Files like .Trash are hidden files, so i would gather that u have changed the settings in the terminal to that so u can see hidden files, nothing a quick terminal thing can do, or a preference app, etc, look at the link. and yes, i see the windows logo in ur sig weirdly. http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/04/show-hidden-files.html

ok i actually had to type in a diff command in terminal but i figured it out. i got the hidden folders hidden again.

but what if i deleted any of these? are you even able to delete hidden folders? i hope i didnt mess anything up

 

[lozzy1234567890]

if ur still able to do anything you need to do, then it should be fine. if ur become paraniod over it, you can just restore it from a previous backup, assuming u do backup.

 

[lyons238]

if ur still able to do anything you need to do, then it should be fine. if ur become paraniod over it, you can just restore it from a previous backup, assuming u do backup.

everything seems to be working fine. but can you even delete hidden folders?

and this is a new hd. i have my old hd with all my data on it but i just reinstalled osx and everything to start fresh

edit: and for some reason both cpu cores run at about 50% each while i watch youtube videos, and with my old hard drive they each ran at about 20% each...why could this be. i have adobe flash 10.1 beta 3 on both..