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Old 07-14-2010
unix on mac
Hello,

I formated my hard disk and i recovered some videos, but the thing is the videos were in .MOV format and now there are just UNIX executable files, i tried to write at the end of the name the extension but quicktime didn't recognize me the videos, somebody can help me with this problem PLEAAASE!!! How can i rename the format??

THANKS
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Old 07-14-2010
You don't "rename" a "format".

What do you mean they're UNIX executables?

You could try running 'cd /path/to/dir ; file <filename>' from terminal and see if the file command recognizes it. If it doesn't recognize them as movies, he files may be irrecoverable.
 
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