Alias is created on desktop rather than in location w/ original

Our office has a number of different Macintoshes, running a few different OS. We have noted a change in behavior of making aliases, and are trying to determine whether it is a bug or a "feature"....


On 10.14 and prior, aliases are made in the same location as the original


10.15 and later, aliases created on network volumes are created on the Desktop. Unless you use option+command drag & drop.


right-click --> make alias

control+command+A

option+command drag & drop


Those 3 methods used to have the same behavior, now it seems that they have 2 different behaviors when working on network volumes.


Can anyone confirm/deny that they see the same thing?


iMac (M3, 2023)

Posted on Nov 27, 2023 10:53 AM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2023 6:32 PM

I see the same thing.

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Alias is created on desktop rather than in location w/ original

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