On 24 Aug 2007, at 02:06, Matt Gregory wrote: > ... > Alias : Music alias -> /Volumes/Archive/Music > > If I eject Archive, Music alias immediately and seamlessly begins > pointing at Archive Backup/Music which is a valid location since > Archive Backup is a backup of Archive. This absolutely not what I > want. My iTunes files are in Archive/Music and I want to create an > alias because I'm having the issue where iTunes changes it's music > folder location and I read this is the workaround. Is there any > way to stop Finder from "helping" me like this? Have you tried making a symlink? In terminal, something like: ln -s /Volumes/Archive/Music ~/Music/iTunes Stroller