.tiff files are a type of photo file,. Much like a jpg or jpeg Right click the .tiff file and select a photo viewing software to look at them before tossing them. Also, it is quite possible your computer automatically backs up all of your files. To check that I would use your finder for a file that you want to keep and see if you have multiple copies of it. Can't say I know what a dat file is, except to say it is a data file. Anytime I open a document/file and use the incorrect software I either get a gobblety-gook of stuff or it tells me the file cannot be opened with the software I've selected. Good Luck Elisa On Mar 2, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Charles Page wrote: > To you smart listers, > When I go to "my pictures", along with my folders, it lists a > whole string of "dat" and "tif" files. about ninety some. when you > bring them up there is a lot of gobblety-gook. > So I highlight and delete the whole bunch. Next day they are > back. So if I can't get rid of them, I decide to put them in a > folder. I do that, but the next day they are back individually > in"My Pictures,again. > How do I get rid of them, and how come just those particular > ones, relating to cetain pictures are listed. > If you read through the gobblety you can, with difficulty, see > which pictures they relate to. > ????????????????? Chas??????????? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message