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Easier to just cmd+opt+drag
Authored by: jecwobble on Aug 14, '07 09:16:38AM
Read the comments for the hint linked to burning iPhoto CDs using aliases. There's no need for the 'share - desktop' stuff; just go straight to step six by starting a drag from iPhoto, then pressing command + option before letting go of the drag in the desired folder.

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Re: Easier to just cmd+opt+drag
Authored by: Sensei on Aug 14, '07 01:03:22PM
I tried using cmd+opt+drag, but it creates Finder aliases instead of UNIX symbolic links. As I mentioned, these Finder aliases don't work with my screen saver, although other screen savers might use them just fine. Strangely, however, I can't seem to get cmd+opt+drag from iPhoto to even create an alias unless the destination folder is a Burn Folder. I found a good post at Cocoatech that explains the difference between symlinks and aliases. Also, as a demonstration, I created a folder with an original photo, a Finder alias, and a symbolic link in it (using ln -s original.jpg symbolic_link.jpg). This is how the directory looks in Terminal:
$ ls -lhF
total 3664
-rw-r--r-- 1 User Group 0B Aug 14 13:30 finder_alias.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 User Group 1M Aug 14 09:56 original.jpg
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User Group 12B Aug 14 13:31 symbolic_link.jpg@ -> original.jpg
The Finder, however, sees both the alias and the symlink as aliases.

Also, as an update, I think the crashing problem is just a bug in my screen saver. When I point the screen saver to a folder full of Finder aliases, the screen saver still runs, but it uses a generic error image in place of image files (or aliases) that it cannot read.

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