Damaged Files folder

[J Burns]

My startup disk has a Damaged Files folder with 230 aliases dated July
12. Many are .shieldpack.

I wonder if they have something to do with the GeoServices folder in the
Caches folder of my user library.

Can I delete the Damaged Files folder? What is GeoServices?

[Lewis]

In message <fsgqp5...@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2018-08-02, J Burns <bu...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> My startup disk has a Damaged Files folder with 230 aliases dated July
>> 12.

> That means the system's volume check for the startup drive (due things
> like kernel panics, power failures, or booting into Safe Mode) found
> data that was not represented correctly in the volume directory.

> I would check the volume structure and SMART report if I were you.

>> Many are .shieldpack.
>>
>> I wonder if they have something to do with the GeoServices folder in the
>> Caches folder of my user library.

> The GeoServices cache folder does contain files with that filename
> extension.

Mine does:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-8-4-american-samoa-shields-large-10.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-8-4-american-samoa-shields-extralarge-9.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-8-4-american-samoa-shields-9.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-xsmall-15.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-small-48.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-medium-83.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-large-82.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-extralarge-85.shieldpack
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/InitialResources/0-0-1-north-america-shields-82.shieldpack

(nearly 300)


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[J Burns]

On 8/2/18 12:45 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2018-08-02, J Burns <bu...@nospam.com> wrote:

>> My startup disk has a Damaged Files folder with 230 aliases dated July
>> 12.
>

> That means the system's volume check for the startup drive (due things
> like kernel panics, power failures, or booting into Safe Mode) found
> data that was not represented correctly in the volume directory.
>
> I would check the volume structure and SMART report if I were you.

I had to repair the structure about July 12.

Then I found a spreadsheet unreadable. It was bad because it was my
checking account register. It was good because it was easy to bring my
backup up to date.

The Date Modified for the damaged file said it was changed at 6 AM, when
the file was closed.

I backed up with CCC so Safety Net would show me what documents had been
changed since last backup. That spreadsheet seems to have been the only
one damaged.

>
>> Many are .shieldpack.
>>
>> I wonder if they have something to do with the GeoServices folder in the
>> Caches folder of my user library.
>

> The GeoServices cache folder does contain files with that filename
> extension.
>

>> Can I delete the Damaged Files folder?
>

> I'm not entirely sure what you are supposed to do with files in that
> folder. It'd be nice of Apple to provide some guidance there. I don't
> see anything on their website about it.

It _seems_ harmless to delete damaged aliases from a cache folder.
>
>> What is GeoServices?
>
> If I had to guess I'd say it's probably part of macOS Location Services.
>
In Resources, there are a lot of png's of color samples that appear to
be to show things like cemeteries, sand, parks, and water on a map.

[J Burns]

On 8/2/18 6:02 PM, Lewis wrote:
> In message <fsgqp5...@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2018-08-02, J Burns <bu...@nospam.com> wrote:
>>> My startup disk has a Damaged Files folder with 230 aliases dated July
>>> 12.
>
>> That means the system's volume check for the startup drive (due things
>> like kernel panics, power failures, or booting into Safe Mode) found
>> data that was not represented correctly in the volume directory.
>
>> I would check the volume structure and SMART report if I were you.
>
>>> Many are .shieldpack.
>>>
>>> I wonder if they have something to do with the GeoServices folder in the
>>> Caches folder of my user library.
>
>> The GeoServices cache folder does contain files with that filename
>> extension.
>
> Mine does:
>

> (nearly 300)
>
>

My GeoServices cache folder has 971 items.