Audio file preview icon has changed. How to change back?

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Audio file preview icon has changed. How to change back?

Hi, for some reason all of my audio file (wav, aiff and mp3) icons in the Finder window have changed from the black square with two tied quavers (8th notes) to the quicktime logo. They have been set to open with quicktime for a while, but the logo has always stayed the same. I can't figure out why this has changed or how to change it back to the previous black square icon which I prefer!

Hope that makes sense!

Cheers

Mac mini 2.53ghz 10.6.8

Mac Mini 2.53

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 6:50 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Apr 25, 2013 11:27 AM in response to Shlubtastic

Hello, in Finder, when you do a Get Info, do you see different icons?

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Shlubtastic Author

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Apr 25, 2013 12:27 PM in response to BDAqua

Hi, thank you for your reply.

I have all my audio files set to quicktime as default, which is why on the 'get info' window contains the quicktime icon.

My finder window icons above have all changed to the quicktime icon as shown. This has happened within the past few days. Previously, the icons above would have been the black square with the two grey musical notes.

Thanks for your help

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BDAqua

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Apr 25, 2013 2:26 PM in response to Shlubtastic

I think you should try setting them to all open With iTunes or such, then Safe Boot to clear Caches, reboot normally & see what the iCons are.

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Shlubtastic Author

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Apr 27, 2013 6:37 AM in response to BDAqua

I tried your recommendation, but it didn't work. I've got no idea why all of a sudden the icon has changed. I've not updated any of the mac software recently.

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BDAqua

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Apr 27, 2013 12:22 PM in response to Shlubtastic

I don't know why it changed either, I'm thinking it should've changed back when you set them to open with QT, possibly some cache got cleared lately, or something caused the Launch DB to get rebuilt.

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