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How to undo an alias in Mac


I mistakenly have made an alias of my Drive in the desktop, and just trying to figure out how to undo the alias? When I drop that alias into the trash, it gives me a warning, that everything will be deleted, and I am scared that I don't want to trash my entire drive. Is there anyway in terminal to un-alias the content?

Thanks


Solution

  • I don't know that you can unalias the drive, but I wouldn't think deleting the alias would delete your data. It's basically just a newer version of the 'ln -s' symlink from Unix / linux systems.

    Just make sure you are only trashing the alias. Have you CTRL+clicked (right clicked) the alias to see what your options are?

    If nothing else, make a backup, disconnect / unmount the backup partition or drive, then trash the alias.