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TextEdit vs more feature rich alternatives!
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<blockquote data-quote="toMACsh" data-source="post: 1058900" data-attributes="member: 112842"><p>A file with "alias" appended to it cannot be created by the application. It has to be created intentionally by the user. Perhaps you accidently hit the keyboard combo that creates one when a file was highlighted. An alias is like a "shortcut" in Windows. It's not a "real" file, but just a pointer to the file. If the file name changes, the alias still finds it. Likewise, the name of the alias can be changed if you want, but you'd only want to make a minor change so you remember what the original file is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toMACsh, post: 1058900, member: 112842"] A file with "alias" appended to it cannot be created by the application. It has to be created intentionally by the user. Perhaps you accidently hit the keyboard combo that creates one when a file was highlighted. An alias is like a "shortcut" in Windows. It's not a "real" file, but just a pointer to the file. If the file name changes, the alias still finds it. Likewise, the name of the alias can be changed if you want, but you'd only want to make a minor change so you remember what the original file is. [/QUOTE]
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