#Folder turned into a file mac os

I will try a few things before throwing in the towel and post my findings. It's very odd that only some of the files were changed. As to what may have occurred - well since the file was created back in June of '15 and I have a difficult time remembering beyond Monday (of any week), anything is possible.

So although it would appear that the file is in fact an exe, the preview tells a different story.

Viewing the file info via right click > Get Info, reveals a preview of one of the images. Of the 15 directories on the HD, only 3 have been converted to EXE.Д®xt_Art: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01ДЈ. Not all of the directories on the drive were affected: Journal: Journal size 81920 KB at offset 0x1d1f000 she was having issues with her usb the day before, so it may. when i tried to look at it on my windows pc, it comes up as a 'file' file.

#Folder turned into a file mac os

Name (User Visible): Mac OS Extended (Journaled) folder has suddenly turned into an executable file (mac)/file (windows) classmate of mine has encountered a problem where a folder full of her files for a project have turned into an executable file on her mac.

The external HD is in fact formatted as Mac OS Extended: Still working on a solution but here is some info I found on the file/directory conversion:ДЎ. did you ever conclude the issue? I ran into a similar problem (noticed after upgrade to El Cap).