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How to open a .Ink file/folder

Hi,

I have read all the blogs about this and I know that they are meant to be 'link' files but this cannot be. I have lots of folders on my hard drive, which included movies. It has worked on my mac for over 2 years now. I lent the hard drive to my friend and all he did was copy some movies (he does have windows though). He has returned the hard drive and now all my files end with .Ink and I now cannot open them.

I used another windows computer to check my hard drive and all my folders are there, so they are not short cuts but I cannot open them on the mac. I have some very important files on this hard drive and need to access them. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 17, 2012 5:13 PM

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josiah35

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Posted on Nov 23, 2017 2:13 AM

Hey,

I just I just had this problem today. The quick fix-it is to open the drive, then Command-shift-period to show hidden files. You then should she several grey-out folders, click on the one that says Drive. Your files should be there. If not check if they're in any of the other greyed out folders. This problem happens a lot when transferring files from a Windows to Mac. Hope this helps.

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