Hi,
That's common with MacOS. It is an indexing for spotlight.

> God bless.
> Matthew Dierckens,
> Certified assistive technology specialist
> Macintosh, iOS, and windows Trainer



> On Aug 9, 2019, at 10:45, Gabe Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have found these files appear whenever I copy and paste a file. I think 
> they're somehow related to clearing the file. I find that if I empty my trash 
> when I'm done and before I eject the external drive if that's what I'm 
> working with.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Gabe
> 
> 
> 
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>> On Aug 9, 2019, at 5:33 AM, Matt Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks.
>> So I’m going to sync my dropbox on my local  hard drive.
>> The last time I did this, There were a lot of files created with dot in 
>> front of the file names.
>> Just wondering if I tell Spotlight not to index that folder, will the dot 
>> files still be created?
>> These files are also being uploaded to my dropbox account as well.
>> 
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