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Changing the Location of a user's Home/Library DirectoriesIs it safe to put a user's Library on a different volume, then create an alias to it, name it "Library" and put it in the user's home folde…
... different volume, then create an alias to it, name it "Library ... -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
Have you tried a symbolic link rather than an alias? That seems to have an effect on somethings. I'm not sure how to do it, but it's something like "ln -s /Volumes/[nameofdrive]/[username] /Users/." I think. :/ See if that works. -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
what is a 'symbolic link' ? how is it different from an alias? -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
Quote: Originally posted by Defiant what is a 'symbolic link' ? how is it different from an alias? It's a unix/linux version of an alias. done like this: ln -s /path/to/original/file /path/to/new/alias -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
Quote: Originally posted by thuh Freak It's a unix/linux version of an alias. done like this: ln -s /path/to/original/file /path/to/new/alias ok... but what is the big ****' deal? -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
Sometimes a standard Mac OS alias isn't good enough for the Unix side. -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
iBrowse is correct: my old crufty Mac OS alias wasn't cutting it. Thanks! It's working. -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
... : my old crufty Mac OS alias wasn't cutting it. Thanks ... -
My computer is suffering from Alzheimer'sAfter changing the location of my home directory via NetInfo Manager to the root level of another volume, none of my apps seem to be able to find any…
... is needed instead of an alias, If memory serves, is because ... way around the system, and alias`s are part of the ... -
2 dumb newbie questions, sorryTried searching, couldn't find the exact answers. So:<br /> <br /> 1) As per a previous problem, I expanded my memory preference for Explorer, and I …
... Explorer, NOT an alias. If you highlight an alias, it won't ... -
Topic StarterSome users have long user names... and when they start topics the column for that forum gets a little wider then the default size... I think it would…
Are you taking the p***?? I would have a dig at your short and unoriginal alias, but as it happens thats my real name... -
Adding non-applications to the dockIn my Mac So 8.6 Apple menu I have an alias to local hard disks, making things easy to access. How do I do the same thing with The Dock?<br /> <br />…
drag the alias to the right hand side of the vertical bar (by the trash). it will go in there. or just drag the local disk itself into the dock (on that side). its a virtual alias anyway... -
Adding non-applications to the dockIn my Mac So 8.6 Apple menu I have an alias to local hard disks, making things easy to access. How do I do the same thing with The Dock?<br /> <br />…
Hello What is the point of adding volume alias to the dock? Just click Finder icon, it opens new window for you, and you can browse all curently mounted volumes. 8) ...unless it's a network drive, then yes, it saves you from cmd+K, etc... -
Adding non-applications to the dockIn my Mac So 8.6 Apple menu I have an alias to local hard disks, making things easy to access. How do I do the same thing with The Dock?<br /> <br />…
Dragging the alias to the right work nicely. The advantage is that the files/folders are in menus, rather than windows, which I find saves time. -
Adding non-applications to the dockIn my Mac So 8.6 Apple menu I have an alias to local hard disks, making things easy to access. How do I do the same thing with The Dock?<br /> <br />…
the problem with dragging the alias is that when you add ... by themself in the /volumes alias in the dock. i find ... -
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... one folder that held the alias's of every "latest version ... -
iTunes...how do you do it?i think one of the biggest short comings of OS X...and iTunes is that sharing is not very easy to do with everyone<br /> <br /> when u import cd's or…
Just drop an alias of your iTunes folder into your Home/Public folder. Then, anyone on other accounts has access to your music. -
iTunes...how do you do it?i think one of the biggest short comings of OS X...and iTunes is that sharing is not very easy to do with everyone<br /> <br /> when u import cd's or…
... by Kesh Just drop an alias of your iTunes folder into ... -
iTunes...how do you do it?i think one of the biggest short comings of OS X...and iTunes is that sharing is not very easy to do with everyone<br /> <br /> when u import cd's or…
... using only one by using alias and stuff, but there's ... -
Time to wipe Classic?That 4GB worth of hard drive partition is looking awfully tempting. I've used Classic exactly once in the last four months, and that was by accident …
... the "Desktop (Mac OS 9)" alias that OS X puts on ... -
Time to wipe Classic?That 4GB worth of hard drive partition is looking awfully tempting. I've used Classic exactly once in the last four months, and that was by accident …
... that the system creates that alias as root for some reason ... a bug. First, open the alias and double check, making absolutely ... change the owner of the alias itself and delete it, select ... -
iMac to get 970 chip as well?IMHO - Apple may have no alternative but to incorporate the 970 into the iMac range as well (at least at the top end). Here's why!<br /> <br /> The …
... is willing to put their alias on the line and come ... -
Name three good TV programs on today.With network executives jumping on the "reality" based TV bandwagon, <br /> there seems to be less of an effort to produce quality dramas o…
Comedy: Simpsons Bernie Mac Scrubs Others: Alias CSI Jag -
Name three good TV programs on today.With network executives jumping on the "reality" based TV bandwagon, <br /> there seems to be less of an effort to produce quality dramas o…
Top 3: Alias 24 The Practice Honorable mentions: Buffy (um, The Vampire Slayer, hello!) Friends (new & old) old Matrin episodes on USA Okay, and Americal Idol--yeah, I said it! -
copy list of folder names? OR create identical *empty* folders' directory? organizinghey,<br /> <br /> <br /> i've got a couple hundred folders with a variety of different files in each of them.<br /> <br /> i want to create an identi…
... . any thing like making an alias of the main directory aned ... -
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... file to the pile, and alias would be made and show ... -
Russia spied on blair and gave the intel to SaddamGood God. <br /> <br /> "Top secret documents obtained by The Telegraph in Baghdad show that Russia provided Saddam Hussein's regime with wide-…
... last letter. Thanks to CNN (alias Cartoon News Network) they are ... -
Sharing an External Hard DriveI am not very familiar with file sharing in Mac OS X. Here's the situation. I have a Powerbook and an eMac with a 120GB LaCie Hard Drive attached t…
If you turn on personal file sharing this will enable the share of ~/public. I guess the quickest way to share the whole FW drive would be to make a link/alias to it in the public folder !!! I am sure someone well correct me if I am wrong. -
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... file to the pile, and alias would be made and show ... of piles being groups of alias' is intriguing to me! It ... and if everything were an alias you wouldn't have to ...
