There is no syntax. You do not do this in Terminal or anything like that. There is no code. You do it in the UI.
Just follow the instructions I gave. Whenever you drag any file or folder to another location while holding down Command (Apple) and Option keys, it makes an "alias file" in the location where you release the mouse. That looks like the original file or folder but has an arrow in lower left corner, and the preview in the finder confirms its kind is "Alias". (You can also make it in its original location by selecting it and going to File/Make Alias, or press cmd-L. If you do it this way the alias file has " alias" added to the name of the file, so when you move it you'd have to remove that, including the space.) This has been the way to make alias files on the Mac ever since OS 6 or 7. It's true that in OS X you can also make Unix-type symbolic links using the Terminal. They work too (and work for the MUD folder with Entourage), but they're more trouble to make. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - 2004, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > From: "Nnabugwu, Ike (NIH/NIAMS) [C]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:29:50 -0500 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Conversation: Microsoft User Data folder > Subject: RE: Microsoft User Data folder > > Could you show me the syntax of an alias pointing to the MUD on the > external disk. Thanks > > Ike Nnabugwu > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:42 PM > To: Entourage Mac Talk > Subject: Re: Microsoft User Data folder > > It's not actually infuriating. > > You can still move the Microsoft User Data folder, or any subfolder, > anywhere you want, as long as you make an alias to it in the correct > location. > > So if your friend is trying to conserve main hard disk space and wants > to > move his MUD folder to an external hard drive, he can do so. (Note: > dragging > items to another disk doesn't actually move them it just copies them. > You > have to follow up by deleting the original. Your friend must have done > that > too. he wouldn't get the benefit of any hard disk space saved unless he > then > followed through and emptied the Trash. So that should not be an issue > either: he's want to do that anyway if he's trying to save space.) > > THEN: hold down Command (Apple) and Option keys and drag the moved > folder > back to its original location in ~/Documents. Entourage will be happy to > find it there and will behave as if the original is there **AS LONG AS > THE > EXTERNAL DISK IS CONNECTED AND MOUNTED**. Otherwise, it will make a new > MUD > with an empty Main Identity. So this is only worth doing if the external > drive is always going to be mounted. > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > MVP MacOffice > Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> > AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> > > PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - > 2004, > X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > > >> From: laura m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:21:34 -0800 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >> Conversation: Microsoft User Data folder >> Subject: Re: Microsoft User Data folder >> >> Thanks for explaining why this is a problem only with Microsoft > programs on >> my Mac. It's rather infuriating! >> >> On 3/14/06 9:10 AM, "Bryan R Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >>> Importantly it sounds like from your experience you can move the Data > folder >>> somewhere else and everything will still work, which I hadn't heard > before. >>> (I'm not going to try it though...) >> >> Yes, so long as one knows the data is really still there somewhere and > has >> not been replaced by an empty folder I know more than a few people who >> subsequently refused to use Entourage because of this very > problem...they >> thought the data was gone forever and never found it again after > numerous >> tries >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> archives: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >> old-archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
