[OS X TeX] TeXShop 3.18 no longer has icons for .tex files

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 12, 2013, at 7:43 AM, roberto avanzi <roberto.avanzi at online.de> wrote:

> I never get the new icons. I rebuilt the LaunchServices database and even rebooted. Nothing happened. mdls on a TeX file gives:
> 
> kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2010-03-21 17:48:22 +0000
> kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2010-07-23 13:35:54 +0000
> kMDItemContentType             = "com.barebones.bbedit.tex-source"
> kMDItemContentTypeTree         = (
>    "com.barebones.bbedit.tex-source",
>    "public.source-code",
>    "public.plain-text",
>    "public.text",
>    "public.data",
>    "public.item",
>    "public.content"
> )
> kMDItemDateAdded               = 2011-12-12 08:32:12 +0000
> kMDItemDisplayName             = "gnfs.tex"
> kMDItemFSContentChangeDate     = 2010-07-23 13:35:54 +0000
> kMDItemFSCreationDate          = 2010-03-21 17:48:22 +0000
> kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = "TeXs"
> kMDItemFSFinderFlags           = 0
> kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon         = 0
> kMDItemFSInvisible             = 0
> kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden     = 0
> kMDItemFSIsStationery          = 0
> kMDItemFSLabel                 = 0
> kMDItemFSName                  = "gnfs.tex"
> kMDItemFSNodeCount             = 83403
> kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID          = 20
> kMDItemFSOwnerUserID           = 503
> kMDItemFSSize                  = 83403
> kMDItemFSTypeCode              = "TEXT"
> kMDItemKind                    = "Plain text document"
> kMDItemLogicalSize             = 83403
> kMDItemPhysicalSize            = 86016
> 
> Roberto
> 
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 14:39 , Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> Please run `mdls` on one of your .tex files and let us know what you get.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> 

Howdy,

Do you use TeXShop to edit the file? What happens if you open the file in TeXShop, copy the contents of the file to a new document and save that document?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)