So I've been getting an issue where my computer will randomly create untitled folders on the desktop, last night as much as 12! This has been going on for weeks now.
I am a software developer and am using MacOS Sierra Version 10.12 with a Mac Pro (Late 2013), 3.5 Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 with 16GB 1866 Mhz DDR3, AMD FirePro D300 2048 MB.
I've read some issues of people having this problem here (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5555689?start=0&tstart=0), but the discussion is outdated.
1.) I disconnected from internet and left the computer on all night, the folder appearing still occurs.
2.) I have no screen sharing computer control apps
3.) I've looked into a fix where you delete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist but that file does not appear to exist??
Please any ideas are appreciated as its very annoying how it fills up the desktop every morning. I'm not sure how to reproduce the error on command yet.
Attached is only plist files I could find. I'll upload screenshot of untitled folders tomorrow or when it happens again.
Best Answer
Ok so I finally figured out the issue (at least for me). It turns out that some games when you have multiple monitors do not use true full screen and so right clicking can create accidental new folders to appear on the desktop.
In particular the game League of Legends was culprit in this. I found out after doing some more research and noticing this only seemed to occur after the game. There does not appear to be a remedy for this yet.