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DESCRIPTION
SymbolicLinker is a tiny contextual menu plugin (for Puma through Leopard users) and software service (for Snow Leopard & later users) that, once installed, allows any user to create symbolic links to files inside the Finder. SymbolicLinker does this by adding a contextual menu item to the Finder that generates symbolic links to the selected files. The goal of this product is to decrease users' trips to the Terminal in order to use the "ln -s" command.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0:
  • Now compatible with Snow Leopard, for real.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

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Developer:Nick Zitzmann
Downloads:16,042
  - Version d/l:1,424
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:28 Aug 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Aug 14 2009
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ORGANIK  Doesn't work with Snow Leopard. Apparently no contextual menu item support for 64 bit apps in SL (including Finder), even if the CM item is 64 bit. Yikes!  
(Version 1.3v2)

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Sep 6 2009

DRDUL  The installation instructions in the DMG indicate that for Snow Leopard, users should install the ".service" version. The contextual menu ".plugin" version is only good for Leopard or earlier versions of OS X.  
(Version 2.0)

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Oct 10 2008
*****

DRDUL  Great app! Despite being almost three years old, it works perfectly on my Mac Pro with OS X 10.5.5.  
(Version 1.2v2)

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May 14 2007
*****

PEANUT BUTTER  Works fine with MacBook Pro (C2D) and 10.4.9  
(Version 1.2v2)

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Jan 24 2007
*****

THREEDEE912  Needed this badly for a project I was doing. Works great, and easy to use!  
(Version 1.2v2)

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Feb 18 2005

TOAST UNDER SPAM  for some reason, every time i use symboliclinker to create a symlink and then try to move the symlink to a new location i get a "you do not have sufficient priveleges error..." however if i 'get info' on the symlink first [which always shows i *do* have sufficient priveleges] then close the get info window and move the symlink, it works fine. most peculiar!  
(Version 1.1v3)

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Aug 26 2004
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CARL STRATA  VERY GOOD and FREE.

And yes, this (like so many other things) should be part of Mac OS X (aliases in OS X are not 4K files and end up eating megas if you make a heavy use of them. Symbolic Links take up 4Ks like the old aliases in 9.x and prior).

Thanks to the developer. Good job!  
(Version 1.1v3)

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May 13 2009

1984  «And yes, this (like so many other things) should be part of Mac OS X (aliases in OS X are not 4K files and end up eating megas if you make a heavy use of them. Symbolic Links take up 4Ks like the old aliases in 9.x and prior).»

You should read the documentation to understand that what you say ha no sense.

That's Finder aliases that don't work (i.e. the old aliases that you seem to price so much!)

Unix aliases (that we will see in Snow Leopard and that we can create with the Terminal and now with this app do WORK!  
(Version 1.3v2)

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Jan 21 2004

JOSH  THANK YOU!!!

Does what it promises. This REALLY should be included in the OS.  
(Version 1.1v3)

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Nov 4 2003
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ANONYMOUS  Great tool - simple and effective. I can't understand why Apple does not include this functionality in the finder themselves  
(Version 1.1v3)

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Sep 29 2003
*****

STEPHEN  Ths CMM does exactly what it says it will do, quickly and elegantly, is extremely easy to use, is free and has worked correctly on several of my Macs on OS 10.1.5 to 10.2.8.

Thus five stars all categories.  
(Version 1.1v2)

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Aug 28 2003
*****

ANONYMOUS  lol, i was just bugging a friend to make me this plug in.

great job thanks  
(Version 1.1v2)

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