Strange icon for homemade dvd folder
I recorded a DVD using a VHS/DVD recorder by dumping a super 8 video camera to the recorder by way of AVI cables. After the DVD was finished I finalized the disk. When I placed the disk into my computer I am able to play it by using DVD Player. However, when the disk shows up on my desktop, instead of the normal icon of a DVD showing up, it displays a folder with a small red circle in the lower right corner with a white minus sign in the center of it. When I click on the folder there is nothing inside. Like I said before, the video plays in DVD Player. Can someone tell me what is going on? I would like to rip the disk with Mac the Ripper but there are no files within the folder. Thanks.
Matt
Have you run Skype yet? I believe this happens with newly downloaded applications as a warning. Use Skype as usual. This funny icon will go away eventually. Have a look at the skype application in a Finder window (not via stacks in the dock) and it should have the correct icon.
charlie
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
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