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SymbolicLinker

SymbolicLinker - 1.3

Contextual menu plugin that makes symbolic links inside the Finder.

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Current Version: 1.3
Release Date: 2008-11-24
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 166
Downloads (all versions): 21,887

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As some of you may have noticed, a number of Unix tools, especially file and Web servers (such as FTP, NFS, Samba, and Apache), have trouble resolving the System 7 style alias files created by the Finder's

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

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SymbolicLinker ReviewWorks in Leopard Too! - Version: 1.2v2, 11/9/2007 11:50PM PST

don38
Great little app this, saves loads of time. Does what it should and does not interfere with anything.

It works well in Leopard but when you right click on the object you wish to link, it does not appear in the same menu position as in Tiger. You have to scroll down to " Other " and there it is at the bottom.

Many thanks Nick!
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SymbolicLinker ReviewExcellent utility - Version: 1.2, 9/15/2005 09:09PM PST

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MacHound
I've been very pleased with SymbolicLinker for the past three months. This is a definite time saver that obviates the need for messing around in the unix shell to create symlinks.

My only small reservation, which I expressed to Nick a few weeks ago, is that links created from aliases fail when after alias is deleted. This is in contrast to how the MacOS ordinarily behaves: If you create an alias to another alias both aliases point at the original file, so deleting either alias doesn't damage the functionality of the remaining alias. I suggested modifying SymbolicLinker to point at the target file rather than the alias itself.

This strong little program keeps getting better. Thanks for providing it to the Mac community. We appreciate your effort.
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SymbolicLinker ReviewUseful and Well Done Are Hard to Beat - Version: 1.1v3, 12/30/2004 01:12AM PST

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RAngol
Anyone who has fiddled with the CLI to create symbolic links knows it isn't all that difficult, but it isn't one of life's greatest pleasures. Here we have the opportunity to avoid Terminal altogether, establish symbolic links to large directories of photographs stored on external drives, and the uses approach the endless. One of the better truly valuable CMs, especially for non-geeks.
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