How to Make Alias of External Hard Drive ?

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How to Make Alias of External Hard Drive ?

Hi,

I'm trying to make an alias of an external hard drive of mine.

Leopard isn't letting me do that.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 7, 2007 10:26 AM

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Answer 1

AK_Mike

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Dec 7, 2007 12:24 PM in response to JE.S

Is the Volume mounted on the Desktop? If so, you should be able to make an alias from there using the conventional methods of either the File menu or keyboard shortcut of Command + L.

Make sure you have set your Finder Preferences to show external drives on the desktop. Also, check to be sure you have write privileges to your own Desktop.

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Answer 2

Dec 7, 2007 10:27 AM in response to JE.S

Do you want to be able to mount the drive at any time? The best way is to make an alias of a folder on the drive. I dont know why external drives and shared computers cannot be made into aliases, but thats the case for me as well.

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Answer 3

Kappy

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Dec 7, 2007 12:24 PM in response to JE.S

I have no idea why you would need an alias for the hard drive, but it's simple enough. Select the drive icon then CTRL-click and select Make Alias from the contextual menu.

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