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Create symbolic links for all items in a folder
Can you not just create a symbolic link at /Applications, to /path/to/apps?
Create symbolic links for all items in a folder
That's the method I use. Once in a while a dumb installer/updated will remove the sym-link and create another /Applications folder. I then have to move the installed/updated app to my real Apps folder, and recreate the sym-link. Sigh. Still, it's worth it!
Create symbolic links for all items in a folder
Other way around. It's like making a copy, only your copy is a reference. ln -s /path/to/apps /Applications
Create symbolic links for all items in a folder
The problem I had with this approach is that an update from Apple (don't remember if it was the 10.5.3 or 10.5.4) blew away the alias and overwrote it with a new applications folder in order to install updates to some of the apps in Utilities. |
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