Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!

[Scott Taylor <izzylobo@faerealm.com>]

Howard S Shubs wrote:
> "Greg J.Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us> wrote:
 
>>OK, what are you doing wrong that MacOS doesn't do that...I just 
>>went and renamed AND moved a file an application that I had an alias 
>>to in the Apple menu and the alias stayed connected.  MacOS DOES do 
>>that.

> Good question, as I remember that in the distant past.  All I can 
> say is that it doesn't do it for me now.  Perhaps it's because I 
> use multiple volumes?

Nope. Works fine on my P636 running OS8.

Now, if I copy something that was aliased to a new volume, and then
delete the original, all of the aliases to the original get broken...
but that is to be expected (since the original item really *is* 
gone).

It would be nice to have a "Move to" command (maybe there is, and 
I've never found it) that keeps aliases and Publish&Subscribe/OLE
links intact, but generally I think Aliases work a *lot* better
than shortcuts.

That aliases don't work like that for you is faintly disturbing...
have you tried doing a clean install of the system SW (presuming
you've rebuilt desktop, zapped PRAM, etc.)?

Scott Taylor
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