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Todd Kogutt Author

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Some (not all) media files being listed as folders

PROBLEM: Some of my media files (mp3, mp4, FLAC) are showing up as "folder" file type in the finder.

IT's not all of them.. like say an album of 10 files, 1 or 2 are showing

as Folder. They open fine. Get Info shows everything fine. but if I do a

search and filter on music, they wouldn't show up, but would if folder.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why this is happening.

Sometimes If I double click to open it, it'll open in the right app and

the file type in finder will change... but sometimes not.

TRIED: Restarts; ran onyx to clean various caches and launch services etc, but so far, no good.

Anyone suggest some other things to try?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 30, 2021 9:47 PM

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BDAqua

Level 10

245,189 points

Posted on Aug 31, 2021 8:07 AM

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

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