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Folder turned into unix / terminal executable file

Hi! I have a problem with several folders on my USB drive - I was working on some documents yesterday however today it turned out that they changed into unix executable files. Can you please help me to get them back?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Apr 22, 2018 1:18 PM

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