Alias Wierdness

I have just noticed that when I create an alias to a file on a shared
volume (10.4 or 10.6) and copy it to the current volume (10.4) the
alias icon on the current volume changes to a folder. Furthermore,
some aliases are 4 kb while others are as large as 1 mb.

Perhaps this has been going on all along but I never noticed it. Can
anyone explain it?

--
Nelson

In article < >,
Nelson <> wrote:

> I have just noticed that when I create an alias to a file on a shared
> volume (10.4 or 10.6) and copy it to the current volume (10.4) the
> alias icon on the current volume changes to a folder. Furthermore,
> some aliases are 4 kb while others are as large as 1 mb.
>
> Perhaps this has been going on all along but I never noticed it. Can
> anyone explain it?

Aliases may contain the full icon set of the target file object.

--
Tom Stiller

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On Oct 28, 3:53 am, Nelson <nel...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I have just noticed that when I create an alias to a file on a shared
> volume (10.4 or 10.6) and copy it to the current volume (10.4) the
> alias icon on the current volume changes to a folder. Furthermore,
> some aliases are 4 kb while others are as large as 1 mb.
>
> Perhaps this has been going on all along but I never noticed it. Can
> anyone explain it?
>
> --
> Nelson

Either most of the users here are liars or they simply never use
custom icons...
But i've noticed that Icons may be very fragile under a variety of
conditions...
For months now, everyone has been trying to make me believe that it's
just me! or my computer,
But i suspect that it's an endemic problem that nearly everyone is in
denial of...!!!