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mtucker508
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August 16, 2012
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Any solution for "unexpected end-of-file encountered" on CS5 and macOS 10.7.4

  • August 16, 2012
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Using Mac 10.7.4 and CS5 Extended on an Imac 27.

 

Today, working on a large file PSD suffix and Photoshop froze. and when I restarted i got "unexpected end of file " error message on the file i was working on, but on several other files also in that folder.

 

Has anyone found a solution to this? Can you rebuild or restore the file in any way?

 

The file shows on the hard drive now as 118.6 megs. The files show up in Bridge, but with small Previews.

 

 

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    Correct answer station_two

    Noel Carboni wrote:

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    it brings back whatever you were working on in the last few minutes before the failure.

    That is correct, of course.  But, if I construe the OP correctly, the computer malfunction also damaged other files in the same older that were not open.

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    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
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    August 16, 2012

    Usually that means that the file has been corrupted on disk, though sometimes it means that the file has the wrong extension and can't be read correctly.

    In your case, it sounds like the file was damaged by some sort of system error.

    Most of the time, the files are not recoverable.

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    mtucker508Author
    Participant
    August 16, 2012

    Thank you, Chris. I tried to open it in Graphic Converter; it was just white file. Blank. Tried to open it on another machine; same error message.

    station_two
    station_two
    Inspiring
    August 16, 2012

    Yup, I always read that error message as "your file is hosed".

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