I converted some wav files using Roxio Toast 11 and the output AIF files have a '@' in the file permissions and are not displayed in Finder. What does the '@' mean and how can I get rid of it. Would love to know why Toast adds it but I posted a question on Roxio's site and hopefully will get an answer to that.
thanks for the help
john
OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
I finally got the files to display with a little extra work. yes I found chflags and specified nohidden. What threw me on using chflags is that Finder did not update and show the files whose flags were changed. I had to either close and reopen Finder or just change to another directory and change back for the files to display. Is there any key shortcut to make Finder refresh?
as for how the files were created with the flags set, I just selected some flac files in Roxio Toast 11 and converted them to aif files. I agree that there should be no reason for the files to be created with the flags set.
thanks
Extended attributes are not used to hide files! They are for 'name value pairs' e.g. metadata. read the manual!
man xattr
There are several ways files can be hidden on OS X. With normal use should not need you to alter this so I have to wonder how you are getting these files. Is it via an export in Toast or are you looking in a cache or temporary folder or something else?
iTunes will convert AIF, WAV & many other audio formats. It may be simpler to use that? Just set iTunes import preferences to the desired output format & then use 'File > Create new version > Create wav/aif etc'.
If your only solution is to unhide the files you will need to look at why they are hidden…
You'll want to read the manual on those too…
man chflags
man SetFile
okay, so I yes, it does indicate extended attributes. I executed ls -l@ *.aif and got this
| -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff | 9690378 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t01.aif |
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 31533402 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t02.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 72260634 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t03.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 167361402 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t04.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 114149754 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t05.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 246019338 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t06.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
-rw-r--r--@ 1 johnprokopek staff 51214938 Oct 6 13:30 zeppelin1969-08-31t07.aif
| com.apple.FinderInfo | 32 |
I then did xattr -c *.aif to clear the extended attributes which got rid of the '@' but the files are still not being displayed in Finder.
Help!
What does the '@' mean
Extended attributes.
how can I get rid of it.
Use ls -l@ filename to identify the attribute then use xattr to delete the attribute.
Thanks for the reply. I did get rid of the extended attribute but the files are still not displayed in Finder. The attribute was com.apple.FinderInfo.
what is the file attribute @ and how can I get rid of it
