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beeflin
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Alias not working

In my Dropbox I have a folder called Scripts for my AppleScripts, and it contains an alias to Script Editor.app in my Mac's Utilities folder. Since the new secure version update (yesterday), the alia...
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flatlandmirror
Explorer | Level 4

I'm having the same issue after the latest update. Any alias to an application doesn't seem to work. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's a built-in system app, app-store app, or 3rd party app. Anytime the application alias syncs it "breaks." Aliases to other items still function.

 

Aliases to applications work in iCloud Drive for what it's worth.

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flatlandmirror
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

With the major caveat that I haven't gotten to test if it works across devices, at least on one device creating symlinks of applications and moving those into dropbox seems to function.

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    beeflin
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    How do I create a symlink?

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