Re: Out of Control Aliases?
Re: Out of Control Aliases?
- Subject: Re: Out of Control Aliases?
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:35:16 -0600
On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Alex Zavatone wrote:
> They are not necessary.
>
> And this likely happened without any new features being added.
>
> IIRC, part of the aliases are the images of the icons of the original file and as OS X has matured, much larger icon graphics (and many more sizes) have been added to just about every application. This produces copious bloat in each alias and it is not required.
On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Ron Hunsinger wrote:
> The extra space has absolutely nothing to do with QuickLook. QuickLook resolves the alias and gives you a quick look into the contents of the target file. If QuickLook can't resolve the alias, it shows you nothing informative. References to QuickLook in this thread are probably meant to be references to Finder's "Icon Preview" option, which amounts to a second custom icon derived from the contents of the file, as of the time the alias file was created.
It's ironic, but all the alias files I'm using are hidden away where either the icon isn't seen or only a generic folder icon is presented in the Dock menu. The "Icon Preview" option is neither used nor useful here.
There's something else that's odd here, too. A folder icon is generic. An alias file does not need to contain a copy of the icon. It needs to only to contain a reference to the generic icon and this icon should be stored somewhere in the system. I'm willing to bet that it IS stored in the system because the system is able to assign a generic icon to a newly created folder.
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