#IntelliJ seems to compile the wrong file and I do not understand why?

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noble cargo
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Hi there,
I am just starting with Java as a complete newbie. I try to work with a udemy class but while theirs works, I fail at the very first hello-world-application, which is driving me nuts. I followed the instructions as best I could (they work on a windows, I work on mac and their intelliJ looks slightly different) and I have deleted the whole project and started fresh 4x times now. Everything is formated in utf-8, I manually checked, but I keep getting this error while compiling (see screenshot).
My Application.java contains this code, nothing else:

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hallo Welt");
    }
}````
When creating this project under "new project" I selected the language-option Java (obvi), the build system maven (bc it was suggested in the video), and JDK 17 (Oracle OpenJDK version 17.0.7).  I unchecked the option for sample code.
Unfortunately I am so new to this, I don't even know where to start looking for the mistake. I have chatted with Chat gpt until it ran out of ideas. :/
Does anyone have an idea what I could do or where I made the mistake?
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stone lichenBOT
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nocturne scaffold
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It seems to be creating a ._ prefixed version of every file and folder in the template

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(I've never seen this before)

noble cargo
nocturne scaffold
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Can you right click another one of those files > copy reference > entire path (or something) then in terminal write file [paste the path]

noble cargo
nocturne scaffold
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Any prefixed with ._

noble cargo
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Oh no, so before I continue learning Java I should learn IntelliJ first? 😂

nocturne scaffold
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No it's fine. I think you just got unlucky. Where are you creating the project?

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An iCloud drive or something?

noble cargo
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No, I saved it on my extra hard drive.

nocturne scaffold
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Ah ok it might be NTFS formatted which is what that bug report is talking about

noble cargo
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No, actually that was an entire afternoon of headache for me. lol. it is formated in exFat...

nocturne scaffold
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So your options are:

  1. use local Mac disk instead of external HDD
  2. Use another OS
  3. Reformat the HDD? Might still not work
nocturne scaffold
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Actually let's just see how bad it is, can you create a new class (right click java > new > class > call it anything)

noble cargo
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Ok, I'm still at the start of the project, I will just move it to the mac disc. That seems the easiest option rn. 👍

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sure, hold on...

nocturne scaffold
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Does that create a ._ equivalent file too?

noble cargo
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Yes, I have another ._ class.

nocturne scaffold
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Yeah maybe just move to local disk

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That will get very annoying very quickly

noble cargo
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Yes, that is super frustrating indeed. I am moving it as we speak...

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Ok, I re-did it all on the internal drive and it worked on the first try... I am very happy and I am also slighly miffed that I wasted so much time on this little thing... 😄 🙈

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Thank you sooo much for your help!

stone lichenBOT
# noble cargo Thank you sooo much for your help!

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