[muglo] Re: alias problem



Jim Taylor wrote:
> Hi Bill
> Sorry to be so dumb but . . . I don't understand what to do after clicking
> fix alias. "steer the nav dialog to that item." I to am OS 9.0.4. jim

What he is suggesting is that you find where on your hard drive 
the alias is supposed to point to that is the actual physical 
location on your hard drive. The "nav" refers to the navigation 
dialogue windows similar to when you are saving a file - the 
window that pops up and lets you name the file and save wherever 
you want by navigating through the folders, hard drives etc. that 
are recognized by your system.

Try this instead. Drag the broken alias to the trash can. Do a 
command-F (or Find) this gets you into Sherlock the apple find 
program. Find the name of the program, file folder, or file that 
you want an alias for. Sherlock will display a list of all the 
items it finds with the name you typed in.

When you click on one of the names it will tell you where on your 
hard drive it is. When you have the one you want, remember where 
it is e.g. Your Hard Drive Name/ Applications (MacOS9) / 
Programs/ Name Of The Program You Want / Name Of The File You Want.

Now you have to navigate there and when you get there click just 
once on the program icon, file folder or the file you want an 
alias for then press command-M to "make" and alias. Drag the 
alias onto your desktop or wherever you keep them.

Does that help?




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