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Alifix

Explainer: Links, Aliases and Bookmarks

Which should you use, and what are their strengths and drawbacks? Symbolic links, hard links, aliases and bookmarks explained – oh, and a mention of firmlinks too.

January 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

Using Finder aliases from the command line with alisma, a new Universal binary

How can you create and resolve Finder Aliases at the command line? And two further utilities you may find helpful for working with Aliases.

September 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Alifix version 1.2 is now a Universal App

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Finder alias repair utility, now runs native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 21, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Alifix 1.1 should be faster with old Finder Aliases

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New version should address long delays in checking old Finder Alias files.

August 14, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

What shall we do with the drunken Alias? Try Alifix 1.0

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How can you check all your old Finder Aliases to see which are broken and, more importantly, which are in danger of breaking?

August 13, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Precize, Alifix, alisma Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utilities Precize, Alifix and alisma, which […]

May 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Missing types of files: the bug in UTIs

An old bug in UTIs can cause problems for apps, and may even crash them. The issue is that macOS can’t always tell what type of object certain ‘files’ are.

January 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Refreshing Aliases isn’t so simple: a cautionary tale with Alifix

So resolving an Alias doesn’t always update data in the Alias file, even though it returns the correct path when possible. This is becoming a mess.

January 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Breaking the link

Links – hard links, symlinks, and Finder Aliases – are the most complex and confusing of simple concepts in computing. Do they get any better after research?

January 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Checking for broken Aliases using Alifix

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It’s worth refreshing all your Finder Aliases before copying or cloning a volume to update their link info. Here’s a free tool to do that and more: Alifix.

January 19, 2019 Macs, Technology
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