Messed up file icons, didn't modify them

gusp · 04:21 PM

Hi, I'm having more and more wrong icons for files of all sorts in Finder. For example today I see that three jpgs, that I had saved yesterday, have a folder icon, instead of a JPEG-Preview (app) icon. But when I view the Get Info box, in the top left corner it shows the correct item. Or yesterday I saw a file having a CD icon, it wasn't from a CD and had nothing to do with CDs. When viewing items in a File>Open dialog of an app, they show up correctly.

I did not change anything with Candybar or any such app and Disc Utility says the disc is fine. I need a solution to repair them all and prevent more of this from happening, changing every single item is not an option for me.

I have most of the common maintainance apps (Cocktail etc.), if any of those are helpful in this case, let me know.

Any ideas? Thanks a lot!

OS 10.5.8
Mac Pro 2009

DewGuy1999 · Oct 27, 2009, 10:03 PM

Macworld: Repair incorrect icon associations

Gregg2 · Oct 28, 2009, 09:26 AM

Show View Options > Show Icon Preview

That should not be checked. To me, that's counter-intuitive, but I had similar icon problems, and unchecking that has banished them.

gusp · Oct 28, 2009, 04:36 PM

Awesome! Rebuilt it with Cocktail and the problem's gone!

Thanks guys!

Oct 27, 2009, 04:11 PM	#1
gusp macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2009	Messed up file icons, didn't modify them Hi, I'm having more and more wrong icons for files of all sorts in Finder. For example today I see that three jpgs, that I had saved yesterday, have a folder icon, instead of a JPEG-Preview (app) icon. But when I view the Get Info box, in the top left corner it shows the correct item. Or yesterday I saw a file having a CD icon, it wasn't from a CD and had nothing to do with CDs. When viewing items in a File>Open dialog of an app, they show up correctly. I did not change anything with Candybar or any such app and Disc Utility says the disc is fine. I need a solution to repair them all and prevent more of this from happening, changing every single item is not an option for me. I have most of the common maintainance apps (Cocktail etc.), if any of those are helpful in this case, let me know. Any ideas? Thanks a lot! OS 10.5.8 Mac Pro 2009 Last edited by gusp : Oct 27, 2009 at 04:21 PM.

Oct 27, 2009, 10:03 PM	#2
DewGuy1999 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan, USA	Macworld: Repair incorrect icon associations __________________ 17" iMac/G4 1GHz/768MB RAM/80GB HD/Super Drive/OS X 10.4.11 LaCie D2 120GB Firewire HD/Canon Canoscan LiDE 80 Scanner

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Oct 28, 2009, 09:26 AM	#3
Gregg2 macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Show View Options > Show Icon Preview That should not be checked. To me, that's counter-intuitive, but I had similar icon problems, and unchecking that has banished them.

Oct 28, 2009, 04:36 PM	#4
gusp Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2009	Awesome! Rebuilt it with Cocktail and the problem's gone! Thanks guys!