Recovered files in trash

[CLS7]

MacOS Catalina seems to create a "Recovered files" folder in the trash each time I reboot my iMac. This never happens when running MacOS Mojave, so I think it's a bug in Catalina?

I really hope this never happpens in Big Sur when the final version will be released. There is so many bugs in Catalina!

 

[Boyd01]

This is not new on Catalina, here's a thread about it from 2010.

Irritating: Recovered Files Folder in Tra… - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

The answer given there is the same as the current Catalina support FAQ

If the Trash contains folders of recovered files on Mac

On your Mac, ignore the recovered files in your Trash. They are temporary files used by macOS apps.

support.apple.com

Based on this, it seems that the "bug" (if any) comes from an app that you are using.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I started a thread on this topic a few months back.

Recovered Files folder in trash

I have been noticing that off and on I see one or more instances of the Recovered Files folder showing in the trash. Most of the time they are empty. I have not been experiencing any crashes on my system and there are any crash reports in console app. Seems to only show up when I restart the...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[CLS7]

This is not new on Catalina, here's a thread about it from 2010.

Irritating: Recovered Files Folder in Tra… - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

The answer given there is the same as the current Catalina support FAQ

If the Trash contains folders of recovered files on Mac

On your Mac, ignore the recovered files in your Trash. They are temporary files used by macOS apps.

support.apple.com

Based on this, it seems that the "bug" (if any) comes from an app that you are using.

I've only seen this in Catalina, never in Mojave. Is there any way to automatically delete these folders in trash? I hope Apple has fixed this bug in Big Sur.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I've only seen this in Catalina, never in Mojave. Is there any way to automatically delete these folders in trash? I hope Apple has fixed this bug in Big Sur.

The trash will need to be manually emptied. At this point, I have my doubts that Apple will fix this in Catalina.

 

[Boyd01]

I have seen that for many years. Maybe it went away in Mojave, but it's not new. And I don't see any harm either. If those files weren't moved to the trash, they would still exist in a hidden folder that the application uses for its data. At least you *can* delete them from the trash. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know that an app wasn't cleaning up after itself.

 

[chrfr]

I've only seen this in Catalina, never in Mojave. Is there any way to automatically delete these folders in trash? I hope Apple has fixed this bug in Big Sur.

Recovered items have existed on Macs for several decades- it predates OS X. It’s pretty clear Apple doesn’t consider this a bug.

 

[MiataJay]

I have the same issue here. An empty Recovered Files folder is generated and stays in the Trash on every boot which is very annoying. Does anyone know how to identify which app is the source of this problem by investigating logs or something else?

Currently, the only workaround for solving this issue is to run the following script at startup with Automator.

on run {input, parameters}
    
    tell application "Finder"
        empty the trash
    end tell
    
    return input
end run