How to create shortcut in Mac OS X
In window, we use to create shortcut at Desktop for easy access. It’s a bit different to create shortcut in Mac OS X. For Mac newbie, this tutorial will teach you how to create shortcut in Mac OS X.
To create short cut in Mac OS X, follow the steps below:-
- Launch your Finder, look for the program that you want to create shortcut for.
- Highlight the program by clicking once on the file
- Control + Click on the file (or Right click on the file), and select “Make Alias”
- Once the alias being created, you may drag the alias to desktop or to anywhere you wish
- Done. you’ve just created a shortcut in Mac OS X
** In Windows we call it shortcut, in Mac OS X we call it Alias.
Tags: create alias, create shortcut, create shortcut in mac os x, make alias
Posted at February 17th, 2009 by chua
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October 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Thanks it helped
December 16th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Hello.
I want to create a shortcut to a FOLDER, not a programme!
This is very easy on Windows, but i cannot seem to find a way to do it on my mac
Tx
Mark.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Its the same thing. Highlight the folder and right click. click alias and drag the alias whereever. It works like a charm THANKS DUDE!
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 pm
What if there is no “Make Alias” option in the right click menu, and “Make Alias” in the File menu is grayed out?
I want to make an alias to System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app, but I can’t…
February 17th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
@Peter: Ok the files in the System directory are protected…
There’s a way anyway:
Create a new folder on the desktop.
Make an alias of this folder as described in this article.
Throw the (empty) folder away. Empty the trash.
Open the Alias.
Naturally the alias won’t find the folder.
A window pops up. Click on “Fix alias…”
You are asked for a new file to link the alias to.
Select the file you want (in your case: System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app)
The alias works now.