I’ve right-clicked on it and there’s the Make Alias option: Here’s the folder of Big Tech Question art assets in my Dropbox folder. So, let’s run through the process of making an alias and exactly what it does. (If you’re coming from the Windows world, these are known as ‘shortcuts’.) How to make an alias Alternatively, I can create an alias for that folder on my desktop, so that when I click on that alias I go straight to that folder, as if that were the folder itself. I could drag that folder into my Finder ‘Favourites’ to make it a little easier to access. I frequently have to dip into that folder for stuff, but I don’t want to move it out of the Dropbox to somewhere more convenient, such as the Desktop, because it’s shared with other users and automatically backed up. I have a folder saved in my Dropbox with all of the Big Tech Question art assets in it – logos, graphics etc. Make Alias comes into its own when you have a file or folder that you use all the time and want fast access to it. It is, however, a very useful and little-used feature. Alas, this won’t instantly create a fake identity for your career in the secret services. If you’ve ever right-clicked on a file or folder on a Mac, you may have seen a mysterious option to ‘Make Alias’.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |