true. being able to do so by just anyone that walks up to your computer is bad too - at least os x also has real security, in this case, in the form of file permissions. lamented by some, praised by others, they do provide some goodness. the alias tracking this is just good ole mac os goodness. --alan On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 02:11 AM, Sergei Zak wrote: > Correction - renaming / moving System Folder or Library is a bad idea. > Aliases work fine.