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Hi,
The problem is that the icons on any file don't update when the default application is changed.
I was able to fix it but it only fixed the existing icon previews, any other default program change would result in the same problem
What happened was, that I ran 3 the following 3 commands in Terminal
$ sudo find /private/var/folders/ \
-name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
$ sudo find /private/var/folders/ \
-name com.apple.iconservices -exec rm -rf {} \;
$ sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store
They did refresh everything, and all the icons/previews were back in place as they should've been.
In my case
1) I had some MP3`s not displaying artwork, when in reality the already had but still I manually assigned artwork to them via iTunes but they still wont show up in the finder.
2) my video files, MP4 and MKV`s were default assigned to quicktime, but I installed VLC and assigned that as default player to them, but they still would show up quicktime icon.Though double clicking would open VLC.
After see thing those problems, I tried to fix.
So the above mentioned commands, I ran them, it did update all the icons of the assigned apps. e.g. if i assigned MP4 to open with VLC, it showed VLC icon instead of quicktime.
But NOW, if I again change the default app, it wont update the icon. It`ll stick to VLC icon but open with the new default assigned app.
I tried in safe mode, tried with a new user account and also just finished reinstalling yosemite, its still there.
And now i have an additional problem. I have an external display connected via HDMI. It has started to flick on its own after irregular intervals.
I`m going crazy here.
Please refer to the screenshot. Hope they make sense.
As you can see in the screen shot, all the icons are no identical.
The problem is that the icons on any file don't update when the default application is changed.
I was able to fix it but it only fixed the existing icon previews, any other default program change would result in the same problem
What happened was, that I ran 3 the following 3 commands in Terminal
$ sudo find /private/var/folders/ \
-name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
$ sudo find /private/var/folders/ \
-name com.apple.iconservices -exec rm -rf {} \;
$ sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store
They did refresh everything, and all the icons/previews were back in place as they should've been.
In my case
1) I had some MP3`s not displaying artwork, when in reality the already had but still I manually assigned artwork to them via iTunes but they still wont show up in the finder.
2) my video files, MP4 and MKV`s were default assigned to quicktime, but I installed VLC and assigned that as default player to them, but they still would show up quicktime icon.Though double clicking would open VLC.
After see thing those problems, I tried to fix.
So the above mentioned commands, I ran them, it did update all the icons of the assigned apps. e.g. if i assigned MP4 to open with VLC, it showed VLC icon instead of quicktime.
But NOW, if I again change the default app, it wont update the icon. It`ll stick to VLC icon but open with the new default assigned app.
I tried in safe mode, tried with a new user account and also just finished reinstalling yosemite, its still there.
And now i have an additional problem. I have an external display connected via HDMI. It has started to flick on its own after irregular intervals.
I`m going crazy here.
Please refer to the screenshot. Hope they make sense.
As you can see in the screen shot, all the icons are no identical.
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