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Who has put a SSD in the Optical Drive Bay ??
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1529195" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Basically, a symbolic link is much like an alias. They look and act the same in Finder, and Finder even thinks a symlink is an alias. But the BSD subsystem doesn't know how to use an alias. Here's what appears to be a good breakdown of the differences between an alias, a symlink, and a hard link:</p><p><a href="http://macs.about.com/od/faq1/f/What-Are-Aliases-Symbolic-Links-And-Hard-Links-In-Mac-Os-X.htm" target="_blank">What Are Aliases, Symbolic Links, and Hard Links in Mac OS X?</a></p><p></p><p>As for making a symlink... here's an older post of mine:</p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/237962-new-imac-ssd-iphones-ipads-backup.html#post1234677" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/237962-new-imac-ssd-iphones-ipads-backup.html#post1234677</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1529195, member: 38864"] Basically, a symbolic link is much like an alias. They look and act the same in Finder, and Finder even thinks a symlink is an alias. But the BSD subsystem doesn't know how to use an alias. Here's what appears to be a good breakdown of the differences between an alias, a symlink, and a hard link: [url=http://macs.about.com/od/faq1/f/What-Are-Aliases-Symbolic-Links-And-Hard-Links-In-Mac-Os-X.htm]What Are Aliases, Symbolic Links, and Hard Links in Mac OS X?[/url] As for making a symlink... here's an older post of mine: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/237962-new-imac-ssd-iphones-ipads-backup.html#post1234677[/url] [/QUOTE]
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