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Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
In article <Pine.SGI.3.91r.980413221602.25421A-100000@freenet>, "Greg J.
Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Howard S Shubs wrote:
>
> > Now, you might say that if I -have- a shortcut in the Start menu, moving
> > the file will break it, but if the OS has any intelligence to it, it'll
> > -fix- the known shortcuts to a file. Granted, the MacOS doesn't do -that-
> > either, but it should.
>
> 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.
MacOS doesn't need to "fix" the shortcuts (aliases) because they don't get
broken in the first place.
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