Once you’ve found it, there are three ways to make an alias: Open a new Finder window and browse to the location of the file or folder you’d like to make a shortcut to. First, click the Finder icon on your Dock to bring it to the foreground. RELATED: How to Create Desktop Shortcuts on Windows 10 the Easy Way How to Make a File or Folder Alias on a Mac When you open an alias by clicking it, the original item opens normally-just as you’d expect it to.
An alias can point to a target on your local Mac or on a network machine.Īliases are handy because you can use them to quickly open a frequently used file or folder without always having to root through folders to find it.
They’re also dynamic, which means that they will still link to the file or folder, even if you change the original item’s location. Aliases are similar to shortcuts in Windows and symbolic links in Linux. On a Mac, an alias is a special type of file that points to a file or folder.
