I downloaded a file and saved it in my movies folder on my mac book pro. When i click on the movies folder in finer it will automatically close finder down. If i search for the folder that i downloaded it appears but will not move to trash nor open, instead if clicked on or dragged to trash or to the desk top it forces the finder and/or trash to close.
I am using version 10.7.5
Thanks
MacBook Pro
ezjay08,
from within Finder, press Command-Shift-U to open the Utilities folder, and run Terminal.app there. In the Terminal window, type the word file followed by a space, but don’t press the Return key yet. From Finder, select the Movies folder from its Favorites sidebar, click and hold that downloaded file, and drag the file to the Terminal window; when you release the hold, it will display the path of that downloaded file. Now press the Return key in the Terminal window. The file command will display some output in that window; please include that output in your reply.
firstly, thank you for your help.
I did what you said to do, but i am unable to open the mobis folder at all from the favorites so i searched and found the file this way.
This is what i go after doing exactly what you saif to do in terminal.
Last login: Wed Jan 1 21:49:24 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ file /Users/erinjayne/Movies/*******\ Presents\ Bad\ Grandpa\ TS\ XviD\ MP3\ MiLLENiUM
/Users/erinjayne/Movies/******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: directory
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$
ezjay08,
OK, so to clarify what you’d stated originally, what you’d downloaded was a folder rather than a file. As an experiment, I created a folder of the same name on my MacBook Pro, and it had no effect on my Finder. However, I’m running Mavericks (10.9.1) rather than Lion (10.7.5).
Next, enter the following commands in Terminal, one line at a time:
cd ~/erinjayne/Movies
ls -ld '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
cd '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
ls -l
file *
Again, please include the output from these commands in your reply.
Last login: Wed Jan 1 22:08:08 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~/erinjayne/Movies
-bash: cd: /Users/erinjayne/erinjayne/Movies: No such file or directory
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ ls -ld '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
ls: ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: No such file or directory
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
-bash: cd: ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: No such file or directory
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 erinjayne staff 136 Oct 26 2012 Adobe Photoshop CS6
drwxr-xr-x 2 erinjayne staff 68 Dec 11 2012 Applications
drwx------+ 5 erinjayne staff 170 Jan 1 21:13 Desktop
drwx------+ 11 erinjayne staff 374 Nov 24 08:13 Documents
drwx------+ 147 erinjayne staff 4998 Jan 1 21:35 Downloads
drwx------@ 50 erinjayne staff 1700 Nov 21 19:08 Library
drwx------+ 25 erinjayne staff 850 Jan 1 13:29 Movies
drwx------+ 75 erinjayne staff 2550 Oct 8 11:49 Music
drwx------+ 30 erinjayne staff 1020 Oct 24 15:04 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 erinjayne staff 170 Apr 9 2012 Public
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ file *
ezjay08,
I’m sorry, I had a typo in the first command. What is needed is this:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies
ls -ld '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
cd '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
ls -l
file *
Please try it again.
Thank you.... this is what i got.
Last login: Wed Jan 1 22:08:44 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~erinjayne/Movies
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ ls -ld '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
ls: ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: No such file or directory
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ cd '******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM'
-bash: cd: ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: No such file or directory
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 erinjayne staff 374 Dec 29 2012 Entourage season 8
drwxr-xr-x@ 13 erinjayne staff 442 Dec 29 2012 Entourage.Season_7
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Jan 1 14:42 For.A.Good.Time.Call.2012.LIMITED.UNRATED.BDRip.XviD-Counterfeit
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Oct 29 22:02 Hocus Pocus (1993) [1080p]
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 erinjayne staff 102 Jan 1 21:51 ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Nov 20 20:57 Liberal Arts (2012)
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 erinjayne staff 238 Nov 7 20:32 Richie.Rich.1994.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XViD-MULTiPLY[rarbg]
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Oct 27 23:10 Spring Breakers (2012)
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 erinjayne staff 238 Nov 20 20:49 The Big Wedding[2013]BRRip XviD-ETRG
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 erinjayne staff 170 Nov 17 23:28 The Chipmunk Adventure
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Nov 2 13:07 The Good Guy (2009)
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 erinjayne staff 170 Nov 16 02:43 The Internship (2013)
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Jan 1 21:15 The Lion King (1994)
drwxr-xr-x@ 9 erinjayne staff 306 Nov 17 09:51 The Way Way Back [2013] HDRip XViD -ETRG
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 erinjayne staff 238 Oct 27 21:16 The.Bling.Ring.2013.BRRip.XviD-S4A
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 erinjayne staff 238 Nov 20 20:52 The.First.Time.2012.LIMITED.DVDRip.XviD-GECKOS
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 erinjayne staff 170 Oct 26 08:24 This Is the End (2013)
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 erinjayne staff 408 Nov 20 20:49 This.Means.War.2012.DVDRip.XviD-SPARKS
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 erinjayne staff 238 Nov 29 22:40 Veronica Mars - Seasons 1-3 (Complete)
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Oct 26 01:29 We're.The.Millers.2013.720p.WEBRiP.h264.AAC-RARBG
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 erinjayne staff 204 Nov 23 00:19 Wedding Crashers (2005)
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ file *
ezjay08,
at this point, my guess is that there’s some sort of non-visible character in that downloaded folder name. Try these commands next in Terminal:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies
ls -ldB *Grandpa*
If there is a non-visible character in that name, the B option in the ls command should show it (unless a non-visible character is within the word “Grandpa”).
Last login: Wed Jan 1 22:17:55 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~erinjayne/Movies
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ ls -ldB *Grandpa*
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 erinjayne staff 102 Jan 1 21:51 ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$
ezjay08,
OK, there’s no non-visible character in its name. Perhaps there are trailing spaces in its name? Try this next:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies
echo *Grandpa* | od -x
ls -ld@ *Grandpa*
The @ in the output that the previous ls command showed means that the folder has some sort of extended attributes associated with it.
Last login: Wed Jan 1 22:36:29 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~erinjayne/Movies
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ echo *Grandpa* | od -x
0000000 614a 6b63 7361 2073 7250 7365 6e65 7374
0000020 4220 6461 4720 6172 646e 6170 5420 2053
0000040 7658 4469 4d20 3350 4d20 4c69 454c 694e
0000060 4d55 000a
0000063
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ ls -ld@ *Grandpa*
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 erinjayne staff 102 Jan 1 21:51 ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM
com.apple.quarantine 84
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$
ezjay08,
OK, now I understand — this is the Apple forum software affecting the display of the folder name. The seven asterisks that are shown at the start of the folder name are actually “Jackpass” without the “p”, so to speak. Try these commands instead:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies/Jack*MiLLENiUM
ls -l
file *
This should show information on the files within the folder.
Thank you again for all your help....
Last login: Wed Jan 1 23:01:21 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~erinjayne/Movies/Jack*MiLLENiUM
new-host-6:******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM erinjayne$ ls -l
new-host-6:******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM erinjayne$ file *
*: cannot open `*' (No such file or directory)
new-host-6:******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM erinjayne$
ezjay08,
this is showing that there are no files within the downloaded folder — at least, no files that aren’t hidden. If this is the case, then you have no need to keep the folder. Try these commands to delete the folder:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies
rmdir Jack*MiLLENiUM
If there are any files within the folder, then a “Directory not empty” message will be displayed, and the folder will not be deleted. If there are no files in the folder, then the folder will be deleted with no message displayed.
Last login: Wed Jan 1 23:01:40 on ttys000
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$
new-host-6:~ erinjayne$ cd ~erinjayne/Movies
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$ rmdir Jack*MiLLENiUM
rmdir: ******* Presents Bad Grandpa TS XviD MP3 MiLLENiUM: Directory not empty
new-host-6:Movies erinjayne$
ezjay08,
OK, so your movie folder has hidden files in it. Try these commands next:
cd ~erinjayne/Movies/Jack*MiLLENiUM
ls -la
file .*
Ideally some information will be displayed about the hidden files.
File will not open nor move to trash, and unexpectedly closes finder
