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blackxacto

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Does anyone know why a folder of saved icons changed to a generic execu icons? What is changing all these icons I have collected for years to the terminal screen looking execu icon?
 

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AppleSmack

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Did you ever zip them together with a third-party archiving app? Or copy them over a network? Or save them on a FAT or EXFAT formatted disk?
 

blackxacto

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Did you ever zip them together with a third-party archiving app? Or copy them over a network? Or save them on a FAT or EXFAT formatted disk?
I've never zip archived them, and have only saved them to Mac formatted hard drives. I can't recall ever using FAT or EXFAT formatting, only used Extended Journaled for years, and now APSF, but it happened before APSF. Its gotten worse since APSF though.
 

frou

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Fairly likely that the files somehow got unix execute mode set on them, which can be unset using chmod -x in Terminal
 

blackxacto

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I have used terminal many times in the past, but I know only tiny basics of what I am doing. I turn on and off SIP frequently As needed, for example. With your terminal command I am changing permissions, correct? I assume I must point the command to the folder of files? What would be the complete squence? Or once I change permissions, how would I see the icons once more? Appreciate any help.
 
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frou

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If the icon files are in their own directory with nothing else in it, I would do

cd /Users/yourusername/Stuff/CoolIcons && chmod -x *

Edit: Just for completeness, if a directory has a space in its name, you will need to quote it, e.g.

cd "/Users/yourusername/Stuff/The Best Icons" && chmod -x *
 
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frou

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Yep, the asterisk means all files in the current directory. So after changing directory into wherever your icon files are, it will mean them
 

blackxacto

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I moved some of the icons to a folder called Convertor in my user account:
cd “/Users/johnr/Convertor “ && chmod -x *
The icons changed to blank, i added the extension .icns but they only became a Apple Preview doc. Wish I understood how to recover the original icon image.
 

blackxacto

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Does no one want to use their own personal icons for their own external backup disks, and not these boring forced Apple ICONS??
 
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