A disc of photos I downloaded in 2007 - on a different Mac - cannot be opened on my present Mac. They are come up as black squares with 'exec' on them, and are, apparently, 'chsh-s/bin/zsh' files. How can I translate these and download them onto my MacBook Air?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7
The folders Originals and Modified should contain image files. Perhaps they are shown erroneously as executable files.
Can you copy them from the disk where they are now to your current Mac to a separate folder in your Pictures folder, where you can change the filename extensions to .jpeg in the Finder? But do not copy them as part of the current file hierarchy, use new, separate folder "originals" or "Modified".
You may need to change the permissions before you can modify the filenames.
You can enlarge the thumbnails from the data folder, using the online image enlarge, see this link: Online Image Enlarger
It can enlarge time images by adding pixels without making the edges blurry.
zsh files are programs, not image files. You cannot convert them into images. The JPEG images must be in some other folder on your disk. have you looked into all subfolders?
exec Files in a folder bin/zsh are probably shell scripts, written for the z-shell.
These scripts can be run using the Terminal. You can ignore them, if you just want to save your photos. Shell Scripts written for an older system version may not be compatible with your current system version and I would not try to run them without understanding what they are supposed to do.
There are 3 folders; two - 'Original' & 'Modified' are both zsh files. The other, 'Data' shows the images but very small and in very low resolution: when enlarged even slightly, they are very pixilated. Can they be enhanced ...??
How can I convert them? (to jpg's).
I'd like to view the photos otherwise there is no point in keeping them.
unknown files won't download to my MacBook Air
