Sounds to me like you are copying the folder to your desktop. it does not change its name through copy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 6:02 AM Subject: Re: shortcuts
It seems that way, but following your instructions to the "T" I created a alias using command L pressed enter on the file to preserve the name, copied the alias to the desktop and the name reverted back to just saying pod-cast not pod-cast alias. I deleted the pod-cast alias in the original place. I went back to the desktop and deleted a pod-cast episode from the list and nothing change in the original. I am still stumped. I have audio hi-jack pro so if you want me to record this I can. On Dec 3, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > I'm 99% sure that what you have on the desktop is a copy of the > folder, not an Alias. Aliases are just pointers. If you click on > an Alias, it opens the actual folder on your hard drive. So if you > delete something in there, it will be deleting from the original > folder. There is nothing inside the Alias to delete. Here's how to > create an alias: > > 1. Navigate to the folder you want an ALias for. > > 2. Press VO-Shift-M and choose "Make Alias" from the context menu. > > 3. Press enter to accept the default name which will be the name of > the folder plus the word "Alias" > > 4. Copy the Alias to the desktop. > > 5. Delete the original copy of the Alias that is in the same > location as the folder to which it points. > > > > > Josh de Lioncourt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ...my other mail provider is an owl... > > > > On 3 Dec, 2007, at 1:10 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > >> Still they don't update themselves. I delete a pod-cast on the >> desktop it doesn't delete it from the original. My question is why? >> To continue the file path podcast/macbreakweekly/episode. If this >> is the alias I put on the desktop as a alias and I delete episode >> in the alias I still have a copy of what was deleted in the original. >
