Finder Aliases can update their path information when they are resolved. Also some differences between Aliases and Bookmarks.
Mojave
Do you use Finder Column views and make Aliases to folders? If one of those gets broken, then the Finder may hang on you.
Details of some of the information stored inside Bookmarks and Finder aliases, and a new version of Precize to show you that info.
Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 158, […]
How to make different types of copy/clone/link/alias in the Finder and command line, their properties and uses, summarised in two table.
If you thought the first article was lightweight fun, here’s more about links/aliases to folders, behaviour in apps, iCloud, and Bookmarks.
Mojave has 5 different types of copy/clone/alias/link, some of which can appear to behave oddly. Here they are, fully explained.
A table showing the main choices when using System Migration, and more detail on how the process works.
The mystery of the recurrent silent installation is solved, plus a fascinating list of macOS system sizes from 10.6.8 to 10.14. Do they keep growing?
It could and should have been so easy, but just try printing when in Dark Mode. Many apps make a pig’s ear of it – and it’s not their fault.
The Eclectic Light Company 