OS X :: Running Two Applications From One Icon / Alias?
Aug 4, 2010
recently got myself a macbook pro and learning the OS still, I'm used to XP. I've found a program I want to run whenever iTunes starts, however I don't want either to run at startup. I know aliases are probably going to be the way to do it but have searched a lot and found nothing. On windows I know how to create an shortcut that when activated, it starts up two programs at once, I assumed there was something similar for OS X? Is there any way to create or alter an icon so it starts 2 programs at once? Ideally I'd have it in the dock and looking like iTunes, but it starts both iTunes and the other app.
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Apr 24, 2012
I have several Alias Icons on my desktop which are unable to be removed. I have tried changing the rw permission and reselecting the original appliaction etc. But still unable to delete these alias icons. can someone point me in the right dircetion to use Terminal command such as rm -f file name to permanetely remove these left over icons. Before OS X Lion 10.7 I was able to chmod etc and delete the icon.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Apr 25, 2012
Im using package maker and has a script to create my alias, but i am relatively new, and want to change the alias' icon to my applications supposedly icon.
as my app is base on HTML5 thus we are using the browser to open the app
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Applescript
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Jul 23, 2008
I want to create stacks for my Applications and put them in the dock by type. Utilities, Music & Video, iLife, etc. I think what I will do is make aliases for all the applications and put them in subfolders separate from the Applications folder, so then I have these 3-6 subfolders in my dock as stacks that I can display in Grid or Fan mode. And I don't have to see all my applications in one jumbled Grid and search for them.
Yes, I know Spotlight or QuickSilver could access them differently.
My question is, when I have created this duplicate system with the aliases to the apps, how do I remove the Alias (arrow) portion of the icon so that they look just like the actual icon down in the stack (or in my subfolders, etc)?
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Jan 12, 2009
Is it possible to add Alias "From" addresses with MacMail? I would like to add a few and cannot seem to locate how to do so, other then to add "fake" accounts. Is there built in functionality for MacMail to achieve this?
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Mar 9, 2010
I�ve download the free version of the software Vox 0.2.6, when I�m trying to install it dragging the item Vox to the folder "Applications" does it show a window with the current
message: "The Alias "Applications cannot be open because it doesn�t
find the original item"
then I got three options delete alias,correct alias and ok. z don�t have any net or anything weird. I don�t think than be a problem related to the software.
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Apr 11, 2010
I downloaded skype and then deleted it because I did not like it. I drug it to the trash, but I then searched for it in finder to make sure it was gone and an alias comes up and says alias can not open because original cannot be found. How to get rid of this alias??? If I hit delete alias it just keeps coming back up to hit again and again??
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Sep 12, 2010
so I am using Dropbox to keep a backup of my Documents and Pictures folder. I read several tutorials about creating symlinks and I downloaded SymbolicLinker 2.0v2.
The one problem I have is that Finder keeps telling me it's an Alias. How do I know that it's a real symlink and not just an alias?
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Mar 8, 2012
In my Applications Folder I have an alias Applications Folder.When I deleted the alias folder it wiped out all my applications on my hard drive.Does anyone know how I can delete the alias folder without deleting all my Applications?
I am using OSX 10.6.8.
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Sep 5, 2014
The battery icon on my macbook pro has a 'X' on top of it. The machine turns off as soon as i remove the power cable from the mac. It turns on only when i remove the battery and again put it back on. Once i do this, the battery shows 100%. After i leave it connected to the power for an hour or so, the 'X' appears again!! My macbook is not under warranty.
Its a 15 inch, Late 2008 model running on OS X 10.9.4.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Oct 14, 2009
I'm used to KDE and Gnome, where if I close an app, it's closed, end of. No more consuming processor power and no need to go round housekeeping and right-click+quit. Please help me understand how to change the behaviour of my Mac mini so when I click the little red X, the app closes properly.
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Oct 31, 2010
So I'm trying to find a way to hide the SpaceSuit icon in the doc while it's still running. The main reason is that I use the command+W to close my applications and sometimes SpaceSuit gets closed accidentally in the process. I added:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>0</string>
right above
</dict>
and tried dockless, but I've came up short.
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Aug 18, 2010
I've use a terminal command to create a SOCKS proxy through my ssh server (ex. ssh -D 2008 -l user server.here), to which I am then prompted to enter a password, and everything is connected. For the sake of ease of use (as I need to do this frequently), is there any way I can make a dock icon, or something along those lines, so I can just click it, it runs the command, I enter a password (or maybe even not?) and it's all set? I have tried setting up a workflow in automator to run a shell script, but it is unsuccessful, leaving me with "Run Shell Script failed: Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal."
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Sep 21, 2009
Is there a way to tell Snow Leopard that when a certain app is running, its icon should not be put into the dock? I'd like this to occur only for this one, single app, not for any other apps, whose icons I still would like to see in the dock when they're running. If this isn't possible, no big deal. But if it is, I'd like to know how to make it happen.
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Nov 3, 2009
I love Mail but have become bored of the icon. Is it possible to change the icon the the Postbox one? still with the notifications on the dock.
Here's Postbox if you don't know what it is: [URL]
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May 20, 2012
Earlier today, maybe around 3PM, I was using my laptop, and it was charging and it was maybe around 60% battety life when out of no where it just shut off and even the light on my charger went out. When I turned it back on, the fan was running and there was an X over the battery icon. I've tried turning it off and on, and leaving it alone for a few hours, to see if it would resolve the problem but it didn't. It is currently 9:52PM, I'm still experiencing these problems and I'm using the exact laptop to type this, but I don't know how much battery life is left.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Nov 12, 2010
I was wondering if anybody out there may know why this is happening to my iCal dock icon. When the app is not running, the date on the icon is displaced by like 15px, then when it is launched, the date goes back to the correct position. Check it out:
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Mar 7, 2012
If I 'command tab' and display the running programmes and then tab to address book and command 'Q' the programme 'Address Book' does quit but the icon does not disappear from the row of running applications.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 6, 2008
Not sure how I accomplished this but in my iPhoto library I now have blank spaces where I used to have photos.
When I click on the blank space it stays blank but it shows under title either MG-4710 or DSC01296.JPG. It also shows the size of the blank photo.
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Jun 8, 2009
I realize that iChat has tie-ins with the address book, so you can take people from there, which I'm sure is great if you use the address book.
There's a standard aim protocol feature that allows you to set aliases for people on your buddy list that is NOT stored locally.
This means I can set their alias on AIM 5.9 in windows, reboot into Linux, open up kopete, see that alias, close kopete, open up pidgin, see that alias, reboot into OS X, start adium, see that alias, etc.
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Aug 10, 2009
I need to make a shortcut to a folder, i would like the shortcut on the desktop.
No idea how to do this, saw the make alias but its greyed out for the folder.
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Jul 1, 2008
How can I create an alias "xyz" that functions just like "abc"?
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Jan 5, 2007
I restored one disk onto another disk using Disk Utility and now I have three aliases on my hard drive called "var", "tmp" and "etc". I know what you're thinking... those are part of the Unix background in Mac OS X and I am smart enough to know that I cannot delete them, so my question is. How the heck can I hide them. I really don't like seeing them there. Other than that, my new drive is running fine.
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May 14, 2010
I was just about to burn a cd to back up some files. I put them all on the cd (didn't click burn yet) and then I deleted them off my computer, and the clear my trash can. I went to burn the cd and realized I had made a bad mistake. It still shows the alias' on the cd folder. Is there any way I can get the files out of the alias? Or am I too far screwed and have to get a recovery program?
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Jul 20, 2010
What's the difference between the two?
If I want to put a link/shortcut in my downloads folder that points to a folder in my Dropbox folder, so I can easily drag & drop files into it, which would I better using?
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May 14, 2008
I needed an alias from a PrefPane in my user area. I figured a symlink would do. So in Terminal I did a ln -s with the proper user directory and all looked good, it appears.
But the system threw an error when I tried to click it. It offered to repair the �alias� or delete it, so I opted to repair it, still didn�t work, errors. I tried twice then threw in the towel, enabled root, logged into the GUI and created an alias the normal way, that�s fine.
I�m still wondering about the command line procedure though. It would be a link from a user area to an area owned by root and I�m guessing that�s the issue.
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Mar 29, 2012
i made an icloud alias a few weeks ago and everything worked out fine. i could sent and recerive mails in mail and also in the web interface. but since a few days one of my icloud aliasses doesn't appear on the web interface. that's a problem because i want to delete it. how can i delete it if it doesn't appear?through mail i can still sent and receive from this adress. but i still can't delete it because obviously it's not there...
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 17, 2012
I am having some trouble with some new iMacs that are running Lion. Sometimes they will turn a file into an alias. It replaces the original with the alias and will not allow me to access the file any longer like the original is completely missing. It seems to be random, it does not happen to one type of file or any one program. It has happened on our servers (when copying pdfs and saving indesign files) and also locally. I was able to find a temporary fix by downloading path finder and unchecking the "alias bit" option. This seems to fix the issue at hand, but I need a more permanent solution, or at least something I can tell my users to avoid doing.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 17, 2012
I have a old apple ID with my girlfriend for 10 years and we are no longer together.... I have a alias that I would love to use but every time I send a email or have to log in at my apple account I have to use that ID..... I looked on the iCloud and see the settings and I can't change it.. I would like to turn the apple ID to a Alias and the alias to the primary one
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 18, 2012
Last night I plugged in an external USB hard drive into my MacBook, and a ton of files were missing from it. Roughly 300 files were converted into aliases which do not seem to point to anything. The date modified on the aliases says December 31, 1903 at 5:00 p.m. I am very scared these files have been lost...
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iOmega HDD is the specified disk.
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