Apple 145B manual Installing an item in the Apple menu, Moving an item to the desktop

Locating the original of an alias

An alias’s Info window shows the location of the original.

1.Select the alias whose original you want to find.

2.Choose Get Info from the File menu.

	h		h	h	original—includesLocation of the
h		hh	hh	hh	folder levels and
					disk name (if the
					original is on a
					different disk)

3.Click the Find Original button.

The window containing the original item opens. The icon is selected. (If the original is on another disk, you’re asked to insert the disk.)

If you deleted the original, or if it is on a shared disk that’s not available, you’ll see a message that the original can’t be found. Aliases are not deleted when the original is deleted (and vice versa).

Installing an item in the Apple menu

You can install any item in the Apple menu, and then open the item by choosing it from the menu.

1.Open the System Folder icon and locate the Apple Menu Items folder.

2.Drag the item you want to install (or its alias) into the Apple Menu Items folder.

The item appears immediately in the Apple menu.

You remove an item from the Apple menu by opening the Apple Menu Items folder and dragging its icon out of the folder.

vTrouble? If the Apple menu does not contain the items it should, make sure that the Apple Menu Items folder is in the System Folder of your startup disk. If it is, open the folder to check that all the items you want in the menu appear there. v

Moving an item to the desktop

You can make an item easy to find by dragging its icon to the desktop. The icon stays there until you remove the disk on which the item is stored.

If you’ve placed an icon on the desktop, you can put it back in its original location by selecting the item and choosing Put Away from the File menu.

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