.nef.tif ?

I have a some pics that are .NEF. I recently noticed that some of the pics in my library have been renamed .nef.tif and the size is 180X120 instead of the 3300X2000 they used to be. Is there a way to batch change the names of all 400 pics to just .nef. When renamed they are normal ? I'm not sure what happened with them. It mjst of happened when i changed from Panther to Tiger. Anyone ?

No the only thing that i have done recently is upgrade from Panther to Tiger but all the other .nefs that i have did not change only this one batch. If i take them out of iPhoto and look at them they are name ***.nef.tif . In iPhoto they are named DSC003222. They are shown as tiff files with a size of 200X160 (roughly)
Is there away to batch rename them with the original .nef ?

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randomenemy wrote:
Also, interesting you say 32 bit files are supported:
on the following Adobe page, it says they are not supported:
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Lichtzeichenanlage wrote:
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