All of a sudden, when looking at my photos on my external hard drive in a specific folder, all of the folder icons in Finder appear as the black squre with Exec in each square.
Can anyone please tell me how this happened and how to fix this?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
Select one of the icons and open the Info window. Post a screenshot of that window.
Hopefully the above images will show up here. It seems that all of these pictures' have been changed somehow to a different file type. They were .jpg files, but now they seem to be a Unix file. I have no idea how this happened, but is there a way to change them all all once rather than have to do it individually?
Some of the files have lost, or never had, the filename extension that the Finder relies on to show the appropriate icon. If you're sure they are all JPEG's, add the ".jpg" extension in a batch operation. You can use the "Rename Finder Items" action to do that in Automator, if you're familiar with it. Otherwise look for a third-party application such as "NameChanger."
I kind of understand the Automator program, but how do I actually get it to do it? to run?
Ah, just tried NameChanger. Great program! It did it for me. Thanks very much for the help.
Icons Appear as Black Square Exec
