Alias folders in stacks on dock

I have a folder in my dock as a stack, and it has alias folders inside it.
When I click on one of the alias folders to view the contents, nothing happens and it doesn't open in finder.

Hi tsofio,
I saw this posted by macwiz1220 but it was never confirmed that it actually worked.
This is a variation on it. Locate the file;
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
and drag it to the desktop, and immediately log out and then log back in again.
If that does not work you might have to use Terminal. Here is the original post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7428517#7428517

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After eons usin Mac I, all of a sudden, am getting alias folders and files (including photos) on my new iMac. These can't be opened. Then I keep error messages about not being able to use the same files because they are "backup" biles. Help! I'm not doing anything differently than what I have done for years. And, this issue has virtually stopped my work in its tracks.

Where are you seeing these files, and what application are you using at the time? Select one and open the Finder Info window. In the General section of the window, what is shown for Kind and Where?

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Over the many years as an iPhoto user, I have made many upgrades to my iPhoto Library. I have noticed that each upgrade comes with its quirks. The one that is recently bugging me are the alias folders that are created within iPhoto when you 'Show Package Content' in Finder.
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Back up your library, hold down the ⌥⌘ command keys, launch iPhoto and run "Rebuild Library". The result should be very similar to what you are seeing now. However, rebuilding shpuld only be done, if iPhoto is not working properly or before a software upgrade, that will reorganize the library.
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You have folders but they aren't displaying as stacks?
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I keep all of my personal files inside an encrypted sparse image then I have alias files for that drive and some of the folders within it stored on the local drive which I would then have in finder.
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Thank you so much for the tip. It worked, in a sense. But I have several individual files I'd like to have aliases for. If I drag each one to the dock, my dock would be cluttered with these aliases. Prior to mountain lion, I was able to have a folder of aliases on my dock, in list form or stack form. I can still do that with any files not in a sparsebundle. But the files in my sparsebundle won't work in that alias folder. They only work as you suggested, individually dragging each one to the dock.
Is there any way to consolidate these aliases into one folder on the dock?
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For a visual, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3739
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BIG oops - left with only Alias folders/files. What now?

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I used Time Machine earlier this week but have never had to restore from that. Before I make another move, I'm looking for the expertise of the community. Is restoring from Time Machine the right move? Does 'Alias' mean it's all there somewhere and I just need to understand where to look?
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Alias not working in the dock

Hi all,
I am working on an intelmac 2x2.26 Quad Core Xeon, on 10.5.7
I am having problems with adding a folder in the dock. I work off a server and when I drag a folder to the dock, it works fine until I restart. After the restart the icon is still in the dock but when it is clicked nothing happens. I have already checked the following:
• Already connected to network before clicking the folder in the dock
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The strange thing is if I make an alias on my desktop of the folder, the link is remembered after restart, and when I put the alias from the desktop into the dock, the link to the folder is remembered in the dock too, but I really need to have the folder working in the dock as it speeds things up alot and also its bugging the **** out of me.
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Donald
I agree with you that this is not good design and only adds to the confusion of new users, not lessens it.
It also makes more steps for experienced users.
Still it is what it is. Personally I'm sticking with Snow Leopard. After all the anticipation I found Apple has screwed up Lion and it is looking like their version of Vista. A rearrangement of the deckchairs to distract you from the gaping hole in the side of the ship, and that the Shipping Company has decided they are switching to other businesses.
Save a version is Save, and OSX handles all saves using versions you can step back through.
Duplicate is Save as with an extra step inbetween where the file has another name that you need to change. btw also lacks a shortcut. Nice one Apple.
Revert has always been there in OSX and was one of the few improvements in that it consistently lets you go back to your last saved version.
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One morning when I booted, the Recent Documents stack was missing. I dragged the "empty space" where it had been out of the Dock and tried retyped the Terminal commands to regain the recent items stack:
first, <defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }’>
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I followed each one with "killall Dock".
All that happened, both times, was the disappearance of ALL my stacks from the Dock.
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