further more, an alias can be control clicked to "Show Original" which opens a new finder winder with the subject file highlighted. best...jf
On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:50 PM, Bill Rising wrote: > On Jun 15, 2006, at 16:33, Bernard Griffis wrote: > >> Hello Group: >> When I scan a photo to Image Director I receive a notice that >> states: Unable to resolve file alias. >> I've used "Find" with the word alias and I find many aliases. Are >> these possibly legitimate? If not how do I get rid of them? Are >> these questions that don't make sense? > > Alias files are pointers to real files. They're used so that there > can be a single file X which appears to be in multiple locations at > once. Aliases are nice, because they will not break even if file X > is moved to another location. > > Bill > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
