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Intro
AliasHerder is a program for Mac OS X whose sole function is to replace all aliases inside of a folder with the files they are referring to.
It has at least two practical applications:
- iPhoto alias resolver
- Shopping basket functionality when fetching a bunch of files from a slow file server.
To install, simply open the .dmg file you downloaded and drag the AliasHerder file into your applications folder.
Usage
Simply drag-drop a folder containing aliases onto AliasHerder and wait for AliasHerder to go through all the alias files an replace them.
If you want to recursively replace all the aliases within nested folders, hold down the Option key while dropping the folder into AliasHerder. On the dialog that should appear, select the option to recursively process nested folders.
Here are some examples of using AliasHerder:
http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/manuals/aliasherder-and-iphoto/
http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/manuals/aliasherder-as-a-shopping-basket/Please Note:
- AliasHerder will only replace file aliases. It will leave folder aliases alone.
- By default AliasHerder will not descend into subfolders of your ‘shopping basket’ folder, unless you hold the option key when dragging the ‘shopping basket’ folder icon onto AliasHerder.
- AliasHerder also works with Unix symbolic links
- AliasHerder will not modify an alias if it has become detached from its original
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