Finder folder icons greyed out (but accessible)

Several folder and shortcut icons are greyed out (but still accessible)

Any clue on what to check to get things back OK ?




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Posted on Aug 20, 2025 8:51 AM

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Aug 21, 2025 5:50 AM in response to WheelieNick

Hi Nick, thanks issue is persisting since months now across multiple OSX updates.. and no, not hidden folders..


still if I check on terminal I see:

lspinoglio@LSMBP16 Desktop % ls -le

...

drwxr-xr-x   17 lspinoglio  staff      544 Jul 13 17:01 NextMine

drwxr-xr-x   15 lspinoglio  staff      480 Apr  4 18:20 NextWork

...

drwxr-xr-x@  26 lspinoglio  staff      832 Oct 11  2024 SShot_Check


expect the @ should not impact but maybe does ?


checking on web I see:

In summary

The only difference is the presence of the @ symbol, which denotes that the item has a richer permission model, often using Access Control Lists (ACLs), beyond the standard Unix permissions. 


Anyone more familiar with case and could help get my UI back in good shape ?


thanks!

LS



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