If one or more volumes containing alias targets are temporarily unavailable, such as remote volumes which are not currently mounted, you may want File Buddy to ignore aliases to items on those volumes. To have File Buddy ignore those aliases during a scan, use the checkboxes under
Ignore aliases to items on unavailable to exclude those aliases during the scan. The options are:
- Servers
File Buddy will ignore aliases whose originals are on servers which are not currently mounted. Servers include other people’s computers which you access over a network.
- Local volumes
File Buddy will ignore aliases whose originals are on local, non-removable volumes which are no mounted during the scan.
- Ejectable media
File Buddy will ignore alises whose originals are on removable disks, such as CD-ROMs, which are not available during the scan.
In addition to locating broken aliases, File Buddy can optionally attempt to repair broken aliases as they’re found by searching for items which are similar to a missing original. Use the
Find new targets for missing originals option in the Check Aliases window if you want File Buddy attempt to find new originals for broken aliases during the scan. See
Alias Repair Options for a description of the criteria File Buddy can use when attempting to identify a substitute for missing originals. The
Options... button allows you to edit the search criteria used for locating possible replacement targets. If the
Repair an alias: checkbox is checked, File Buddy will also attempt to repair the broken aliases automatically. The associated pop-up menu has two options:
- File Buddy will only repair an alias if it finds exactly one original matching the criteria chosen.
- File Buddy will repair an alias by making it point to the first matching original it finds, even if there is more than one match.
