Wrong icons in Finder?

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Wow, this feels like OS 9!



All the icons on my desktop today had the wrong icon. Examples: mounted server volumes looked like Illustrator files, PDF files looked like text files, etc. It was freaky. I went to "rebuild my desktop" and, oh, wait, I cant do that anymore. LOL. Really, It felt like an OS 9 foobar! I havent used OS 9 in a LONG time. What a flashback! Any ideas on what causes this and how to fix it?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Rebuild the Des..... Er,





    I mean use Panther Cache Cleaner. Should do the trick.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    randycat99randycat99 Posts: 1,919member
    What operation in PCC do I use to address icons?
  • Reply 3 of 6
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Randycat99

    What operation in PCC do I use to address icons?



    Deep cleaning with all options turned on.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    randycat99randycat99 Posts: 1,919member
    Sounds a bit invasive, no? Are messed up icons indicative of something that messed up?
  • Reply 5 of 6
    bigbluebigblue Posts: 341member
    It happens regularly on my computer, and I think on all OSX systems.

    What I do is just rebooting the Finder. [alt-cmd-esc], choose the finder, hit the relaunch button, and a few seconds later all your icons are back to normal.

    But Apple needs to adress this flaw anyhow.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    randycat99randycat99 Posts: 1,919member
    You da man!
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