Hi David All you need to do is click and drag the folder or item you want to have an alias of into your home folder while holding down the Option (Alt) and Apple (Command) keys together. This will automatically create an Alias in the folder you have dragged the original to and leave the original where it was Alex On 16 Dec 2004, at 01:48, David DelMonte wrote: > > If I click on an item, and select make alias - the system creates an > alias in the folder of the original. If I copy the alias to my > preferred folder, it's really an alias of the alias. Is there a better > way to create aliases? > > Thanks