Buzzwords and phrases are part of the IT industry, they come and go at an incredible pace.
Those who were back to using Mac OS X, appeared before remember, no doubt, this one: foundations of UNIX. Its one of those phrases, all in one, says something and nothing. It sounds great, and clearly it has to be good.
Mac OS X is based on UNIX? C is really so, as any end-users should always know. In fact, you probably do not even need to know that. But those who bases are, make Mac OS more stable and reliable.
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Every now and then, the dark underbelly of OS X, bubbles to the surface and it is only my second day. Go and check out the highest level of your hard drive, Ill wait here, you.
Right, now youre back, did you discover there a folder called lost + found? If it was not, it is the basis for UNIX at work. This is nothing to panic about, well, it might be, but does not do anything drastic yet.
lost + found folder, created a number of reasons, and all of them loosely connected. Most lost + found folder is created after a forced shutdown or power failure. OS loses track of what is happening, and instead of dumping files or folders lost track, it puts them in lost + found directory.
But before yourself into a frenzy, check the contents of a folder? C., if not a lot there and the date when the are old, you can sleep peacefully.
If, however, there are many files and not all are new, this may indicate a problem with the file system or even on the hard disk. The appearance of a folder called lost + found on the hard disk, may also indicate a physical problem with the hard disk.
To be honest, its probably a problem with the disk will be manifested in abnormal behavior and / or failures long before the advent of this folder. Now its even really there is no reason to panic, because at least two recent backup data safely tucked away somewhere, no? Do? Good.
simple format and reinstall of OS X should resolve this problem and if it is time consuming, it will save you from major problems, the sooner we do it. If you want to use third-party tools such as disk Disk Warrior to evaluate the health of the file system. This will let you know if something is wrong and will alert you to any major issues.
You should also regularly check the SMART status of hard disk in Disk Utility, which is handy built-in Mac OS X.
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May be a bit disturbing to find the folder by Mac without your knowledge, and perhaps this is a drawback UNIX foundations that is not selected when it happens. Lost + found folder on your hard disk is not the end of the world, but you have to check whether this is a preview of potential future problems in the system.
But the most important is to keep the pact from your Mac to regular and systematic backup system. In this way, even if the file system or over time destroys the hard drive in spectacular style, will not lose anything but time.
Via: Tech Will
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