If I am understanding you correctly, an Alias is just a shortcut or a
pointer file to the original item. So, if you create an alias on your desktop
to your Documents folder, when you open that alias, you are opening the actual
folder. So, any changes that are made are actually made in that folder.
Make sure you create the alias in the directory where the folder is
contained first. Then, copy the alias and move it to the desktop. When you do a
command-I on the alias, it should indicate that it is an Alias file and not the
actual item itself.
> On Nov 17, 2018, at 1:07 PM, jean parker <radiofore...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All:
> I need some clarification about how alius folders work. I had been under the
> imppression that if a change is made in an alius folder that it would also be
> made in the actual folder. So, I put a folder that I use often on my desktop
> thinking that keeping an alius version of folders I use frequently would save
> me time. However, I added something to the alius version of that folder but
> the change has not been reflected in the actual folder located in my
> documents folder structure.
> Can someone explain how this works?
>
> Many thanks,
> Jean
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Jean Parker, Ph.D.
> Senior Research Fellow
> Trans4m Center For Integral Development
>
>
> Geneva, Switzerland
>
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