what is and why is it so big?

[sk3pt1c]

ok,i've recently done some video editing and i'm not sure all the videos have been deleted after i outputted to dvd
i was looking through the directories on the terminal and i came across three very large files i know nothing about

Desktop DB
Desktop DF
.hotfiles.btree

can someone tell me what these are and what they do?
i can tell it's probably not what i'm looking for but still i'd like to know what they do
thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

I think that the hotfiles.btree is to do with the on-the-fly disk defragmenting. Basically it does not bother defragmenting a currently hotfile (say a video file you are currently capturing) as it's size is constantly changing so defragmenting is pointless until it is done. If you are doing something like video editing and you end up with a load of very active files I suppose this file could get pretty large.

 

[sk3pt1c]

anyone else know anything about this?

 

[danigee]

.hotfiles.btree constantly huge file (917.5 kb)

I am running a i7 2.7GHz, 2011 model Macbook Pro.

This year it has become very slow opening applications, programs. Switching between programs is also considerably slower.

I ran OmniSweeper and .hotfiles.btree is always a huge file.

How can I resolve this problem if I can't do anything about hotfilesbtree itself. I have 197 GB available 281 GB used.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

.hotfiles.btree constantly huge file (917.5 kb)

I am running a i7 2.7GHz, 2011 model Macbook Pro.

This year it has become very slow opening applications, programs. Switching between programs is also considerably slower.

I ran OmniSweeper and .hotfiles.btree is always a huge file.

How can I resolve this problem if I can't do anything about hotfilesbtree itself. I have 197 GB available 281 GB used.

This is a small HFS+ metadata file. Do not remove this file!

HFS+ metadata is certainly not your problem. Make sure your Mac has enough RAM, has no unnecessary software (anti-virus/security software) or older software, which is no longer necessary.