Yo compacters everywhere, To my thread here,
>>Have we any hints as to how to improve the reliability of an alias in a >>wholesale transfer? Have we any idea why some alias survive and other >>right alongside fail? Gamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replies: >I wouldn't expect any of them to survive! >Unless, and this a reach, both HDs have the same name. Seems to me all >alias' would have a path name that includes HD name, and if HD changes then >alias gets lost.. Surprise of surprises, My experience with now hundreds of transfers, the alias survival is consistant no matter what I do with the drive name. This baffled me at first as I suspected just as you do. But after many many transfers, I've become habituated to which alias' break and which don't. Lately, I've been wondering what I can do to improve alias survival. I have found nothing in writing on this yet. On my SE transfer, MS Works will break while MS Word will not. On a Classic transfer, both survive. Their files and folders are configured exactly the same. Go figger. That on the Classic, only two of thirty eight alias' break doesn't make sense to me. But I'm looking at this positive-how do I get those last two alias' to survive? Well, actually, the real question is how do I get the twenty two that break on the SE transfer to stay connected? Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
