Hello All:
I need some clarification about how alius folders work. I had been under the
imppression that if a change is made in an alius folder that it would also be
made in the actual folder. So, I put a folder that I use often on my desktop
thinking that keeping an alius version of folders I u
If I am understanding you correctly, an Alias is just a shortcut or a
pointer file to the original item. So, if you create an alias on your desktop
to your Documents folder, when you open that alias, you are opening the actual
folder. So, any changes that are made are actually made in that fo
Hi John:
I created the alius folder by making the original folder in its original
location as an alius folder. Then I moved it to my desktop and made a change in
the alius folder. But it was still not reflected in the original folder.
It seems that I am doing something incorrectly in the creation
Hi John:
Ok, I got it to work. What I was missing is that apparently the shortcut has to
also remain in the original folder. Seems very strange.
Anyway, now the problem is that I can’t delete the first alius folder I made
from the desktop. I clicked on remove from sidebar but that didn’t accompli
OK. I’m not sure what you mean so let me break down the steps to the
process for you and hopefully clarify my meaning. Let’s assume you are trying
to create an alias to your Documents folder.
1. Navigate to your home folder and locate your Documents folder.
2. When on the Documents Folder, p
Hi:
Yes, I did all of the steps but it only seems to work if I copy the alius
folder to the desktop and not move it.
> On 17 Nov 2018, at 11:32 am, John Panarese wrote:
>
>OK. I’m not sure what you mean so let me break down the steps to the
> process for you and hopefully clarify my mean
Are your documents being kept in iCloud?
> On Nov 17, 2018, at 1:35 PM, jean parker wrote:
>
> Hi:
> Yes, I did all of the steps but it only seems to work if I copy the alius
> folder to the desktop and not move it.
>
>
>> On 17 Nov 2018, at 11:32 am, John Panarese wrote:
>>
>> OK. I
No.
> On 17 Nov 2018, at 11:37 am, John Panarese wrote:
>
> Are your documents being kept in iCloud?
>
>
>> On Nov 17, 2018, at 1:35 PM, jean parker wrote:
>>
>> Hi:
>> Yes, I did all of the steps but it only seems to work if I copy the alius
>> folder to the desktop and not move it.
>>
I just did some experimenting here and everything is working as it should. I
created an alias to my documents folder on my desktop, made some changes to
that folder from the alias, closed the window, went to my documents folder via
finder and the changes were reflected.
I can only suggest
Interesting, I have now tried it as you have explained it and everything works
as expected. I think something must have happened with the first alius folder I
tried to create because now I can’t delete it from the desktop. I was able to
move it someplace else to get it out of the way but even th
I wonder why it can’t be deleted. If you have any experience working in
Terminal, try the, “rm” command to see if you can delete it that way.
> On Nov 17, 2018, at 1:56 PM, jean parker wrote:
>
> Interesting, I have now tried it as you have explained it and everything
> works as expected.
Couple of thoughts here.
Isn’t an “alias” in fact a symbolic link to a “real component?”
The other thought is, does the “rm” Terminal command delete a folder? I recall
using the “rmdir” command to delete folders/directories in AT&T UNIX.
- Bill from Ino, Wisconsin
- "A person r
At least in HFS / HFS+ an alias is a bit more powerful than a symbolic link. An
alias will still point to a file or folder if the item is moved from its
original location. If you create a symbolic link then move the item the
symbolic link is pointing to then it ends up pointing to nothing.
>
So it is Berkley Unix that underlies MacOS? I suppose I should have gone into
Terminal and checked the Unix version.
I recall that many folks at Bell Labs felt that Berkley’s enhanced system call
suite forUnix was unnecessary “overkill,” but I’m sure there is plenty of
justification from the Un
Yes I thought an alias was just a pointer to an actual folder,
From: 'Bill Gallik' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2018 8:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Clarification about alius folders
Couple of thoughts here.
Isn’t an “alias” in fact a symbolic
Yeah I think it’s the one called Fre BSD
But that’s from many years back now.
From: 'Bill Gallik' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Monday, 19 November 2018 3:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Clarification about alius folders
So it is Berkley Unix that underlies MacOS? I
MacOS initially was developed by taking NextOS principles and porting over a
file system that had the abilities to support MacOS 9 HFS file system. This
allowed early Macintosh systems to run both UNIX and older Mac software in a
that worked very similarly to VMWare Fusion in Unity view. Since A
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