Re: aliases VS. copy

2013-06-13 Thread JAMES AUSTIN 
Just a note about the Desktop here, and this is  my experience. This may  no 
longer be an issue for most people. For some reason (which I've not yet had 
chance to look into) OS X does not like clutter on the desktop. The od folder 
shouldn't pose a problem, though I would imagine that this depends on the size 
of the folder and its contents. So in short, it might be an idea not to clutter 
your Desktop with too many folders. 

James  
On 13 Jun 2013, at 03:34, Sarah k Alawami  wrote:

You got it. I have several of the little buggers on my desk top all pointing to 
folders on both of my drives. Think of these as a link to a file/folder stored 
any ware on your system including eternal drives. so instead of going to 
/volumes/music/itunes/library/music I can just click the iTunes library alius 
on my desk top and I'm there.  You have to move the thing from there you 
created the alius to the desk top though but it's all worth it. 
On Jun 12, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Cathy  wrote:

> hello,
> 
> some one talked about creating aliases on the desktop for easy access. I have 
> seen this option in the menus. I have not used it, because I have simply been 
> copying folders to the desktop and pasting them in there. so what is the 
> difference? is one a shortcut and the other a second copy of the 
> folder/application? 
> 
> thanks, Cathy
> 
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Re: aliases VS. copy

2013-06-12 Thread Sarah k Alawami 
You got it. I have several of the little buggers on my desk top all pointing to 
folders on both of my drives. Think of these as a link to a file/folder stored 
any ware on your system including eternal drives. so instead of going to 
/volumes/music/itunes/library/music I can just click the iTunes library alius 
on my desk top and I'm there.  You have to move the thing from there you 
created the alius to the desk top though but it's all worth it. 
On Jun 12, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Cathy  wrote:

> hello,
> 
> some one talked about creating aliases on the desktop for easy access. I have 
> seen this option in the menus. I have not used it, because I have simply been 
> copying folders to the desktop and pasting them in there. so what is the 
> difference? is one a shortcut and the other a second copy of the 
> folder/application? 
> 
> thanks, Cathy
> 
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aliases VS. copy

2013-06-12 Thread Cathy 
hello,

some one talked about creating aliases on the desktop for easy access. I have 
seen this option in the menus. I have not used it, because I have simply been 
copying folders to the desktop and pasting them in there. so what is the 
difference? is one a shortcut and the other a second copy of the 
folder/application? 

thanks, Cathy

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