Can't open JPEG files

[Kellie W]

Hi,

I have some JPEG files from 2019 that have been sitting on my hard drive. I did print a couple when I first got them and was able to view them back in 2019. They are all in one folder and for the life of me I can't open them. They are JPEG rather than JPG. Any help I could get would be appreciated. Apple preview can't open them either. 

[Damien Symonds]

Hi @Kellie W, what file size does it say that they are?  In either MB or KB?

[Damien Symonds]

@Kellie W are you still there?

[Kellie W]

Here are the sizes - all between 250 and 700kb

[Damien Symonds]

That sounds awfully small.  It might be bad news.

Can you email a couple of them to me?  info@damiensymonds.net

[Kellie W]

I just tried to email them and I can't click on them to attach the files. This is not looking good. Funny because I can move or copy the folder.

[Kellie W]

So I tried to outthink the computer. I rather than using Apple mail, I logged into gmail and again "choose upload" and I could not attach the pictures even though the choose upload was blue. So I tried drag and drop, this is what I got.

So sad, my daughter and I went to Toronto together, these are the photos. 

(pre covid)

 

[Damien Symonds]

Oh no

[Kellie W]

Do I delete them?

 

[Damien Symonds]

If you try to upload them here, do you get the same message?

[Kellie W]

not overly optimistic. I guess they were damaged or something.

It thinks they are all 1kb

 

[Damien Symonds]

Darn

[Kellie W]

delete. ?