Mac osx - strange extra files appearing when downloading files directly.

Thanks again Walter. No my system is not set up to view 'hidden files'. This issue is only with the downloaded zip files from dropbox. (yes, I've also tried other zipped files and they work fine).
While I appreciate your time, I'm afraid my work has just gotten crazy and I no longer have the time to put into troubleshooting this issue on my system.
I would encourage you that if you know someone with a mac (surely someone on your team must also have a mac?) to have them check if this issue is just specific to myself and my co-worker or if this is happening to all mac users? 
I'd be really interested to know the answer to that.
Thanks
J

I tried this solution and still get the weird _MACOSX folder and funny files.

This only started happening 2 days ago out of the blue.

Thanks lisahinson14 for the reply. While I'm sorry it's happening with your system too, I am glad to know it's not just myself and my coworker. 

Would sure like a solution though 8/

Hi Daphne, 
Negative. I tried 2 options - one was a regular folder with multiple files (photoshop) files in it, and then 1 single file (Illustrator). The second several tries I just selected one Illus file and one text file.
Thanks

When this happened to me.  I'm just downloading a regular folder like I've done a million times before. 

These are my steps.

1.  create a new folder within a folder that I share with someone else (so they also share this new folder I created)

2.  Upload 250 NEF files to the folder.

3.  The person that shares the folder with me creates a new folder within the folder holding all my NEF files. 

4.  I tick the box to indicate I want to download the files in the new folder and when they get to my mac / download folder they are zipped (all of this is normal so far).  I double click on the zipped file and they show up in a folder.

5.  this new folder has 2 folders inside of it.  One with the same name as the folder created when I clicked on the zipped file and one that is _MACOSX with a bunch of odd files inside.

Does that help?

I have one other bit of information - an anomoly and a thought about the cause of this.

1.  I have a paid dropbox account and the person I share with recently upgraded to a Professional account - this happened right around the time of the weirdness.

2.  I rename a shared folder that is placed in my account which then causes the original folder put in by the person with the Professional account to show it is 'deleted.'  The renamed folder is still showing.

Is this caused when 2 people have different versions of Dropbox - i.e. profession vs. regular?

HERE IS THE HIERARCHY of the folders:

FOLDER AT THE ROOT WHICH WE SHARE
I fill will NEF FILES

PERSON with PROF. VERSION INSERTS A FOLDER OF MERGED FILES NAMING "X"

I RENAME FOLDER "X" to be X xyz and download to my computer

THE WEIRD FOLDER APPEARS ON MY SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE DOWNLOADED FOLDER.

I'm not sure how these facts could be related to be honest lisahinson14.

Would it be OK if I reached out via the email address that's associated with your Community's profile so we can investigate further?