I came back to my computer today and found this problem. I rebooted, and some came back, but many are still generic app logos. Can someone explain what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks! BTW, I don't know if it's related, but sometimes the screen saver doesn't kick in.
I have half a screen's worth of icons. I just posted a small sample here:
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report...
Or use the paperclip at the bottom of a Reply to attach the full report here. :)
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report...
Or use the paperclip at the bottom of a Reply to attach the full report here. :)
OK. I rebooted in safe mode. All icons correct! Rebooted in danger mode (regular). Still good! There are too many, though. Time to clean up!
Thanks.
BTW, they should call safe mode "it'll be a while" mode.
LOL, yes, it can take awhile with all it's attempting to correct, but great news! :)
BTW, the desktop is not a good place to keep files, the more you have on the Desktop the more resources get taken up needlessly, OSX treats every icon there as a Window of it's own... you can get so many icons on the Desktop that OSX cannot startup.
Thanks! I'll try this the next time I do a reboot, or am forced to!
Yes, I have etrecheck, but I didn't think I'd need it for this. I'll post a report then too.
Well, I didn't do safe mode yet, but I rebooted and now only five icons are bad. Will try safe mode later.
OK.
Most icons on desktop are app logos instead of thumbnails reflecting their contents.
