Why are my alias files 5.6mb?

When I make aliases they are coming out at 5.6mb in size, why?  They used to be much smaller. (Lion on an IMac)

  I was going to be a smart @#$ and write "because you're just lucky" but then for fun I made an alias on my computer and it was 450k. Then I used another HD and made an alias of a 121k file and it was 2.6MB. I see that a folder of aliases made by FCPx are each 89k as they should be. I have no clue why...but I'm about to get on the tubes and see if I can find out who else has found this grizzly horror previously.
   After some research the answer I read is most commonly that it's because of the icons being stored but I just made an alias of a 155k file and the alias is 2.6MB. Something is wrong there...here....the world is broken...starvation, war and disease I understand...but now even aliases are broken in Mac OS???  This must be a UN plot....
edited after some quick research...

Similar Messages

  • Why are ACR PSD files 10-20 percent larger than the same file resaved in PSD?

    Why are ACR > PSD files 10-20 percent larger than the same file resaved in PSD? I posted this many years ago and never found an answer. Now that my drives fill up quicker, I thought I might chase this question a little bit further.
    Same .CR2 saved within ACR either with cmd-R or open ACR within PSD, the saved file is 34.5mb. Resave that same file (no edits) within PSD either with or without Max-compatible and the file is now 30.7mb. Another file that is 24.5 becomes 19.5MB.
    Why the difference? Is ACR and PSD actually using different compression strategies?
    thanks.
    Mac 10.8.5 / CC / ACR 8.4.1 - but this has been a consistent behavior over many years and versions, CS6 / CC.
    Same .CR2 saved within ACR either with cmd-R or open ACR within PSD, the saved file is 34.5mb. Resave that same file (no edits) within PSD either with or without Max-compatible and the file is now 30.7mb. Another file that is 24.5 becomes 19.5MB.

    Hi Jeff
    If it is RLE it's not as efficient as LZW:
    Saved ACR>PSD = 40.1MB  (sample image this AM)
    opened in PS and resaved as PSD = 30.8MB
    resaved as TIF without LZW = 40.1MB    (this adds to your thought that the ACR>PSD doesn't us any compression)
    resaved as TIF/LZW = 9.6MB
    Jeff Schewe wrote:
    I really think your priorities are a bit off. 10-20% is meaningless...you just need to get bigger....  and quit fussing over a few GB's here or there...
    ???   I hope that the Adobe engineers are fussing over 10-20% efficiencies.
    I'm within arms reach to a rack of 40TB of drives (doesn't include off-site drives), and all 2TB drives are being recycled to 4TB drives, as a result the rack is always growing. Actually the ACR>PSD files don't really make a difference in our long term storage, only for the nightly backups. But anyway, how you save, what you save etc. should all be part of the discussion.
    .... so in my case, throw in an excess MB here and there and all of a sudden you are talking TB's. Plus advantages in backup times, drive life, and energy use.
    Somebody added compression into the PS>PSD format, but it wasn't included in the ACR>PSD format, was it a decision or an oversight? If it's just a matter of making ACR compatible with PS when saving the same PSD format..... then why not?
    regards,
    j

  • Why are my exported files not going to me email?  I have used 3 different ones.

    Why are my exported files not going to my email (receipts & business card)?  I have used 3 different ones...2 yahoo and 1 hotmail.  I have checked spam box also.

    For the Receipts app I chose to export the info as a PDF file..an email was requested..I entered info and clicked send.  For the Business Card app I chose Send, not Print..an email was requested..I entered info and clicked send.  I haven't received anything, not even in my spam folder.

  • Why would an alias file be larger than the original file?

    I have a simple document that is 106kb. When I create an alias to the file, the alias is 133kb. Why would the alias file be larger than the orginal file when the alias file is simply a redirect to the original file?

    Francine has a good explanation here:
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/10337543#10337543
    Matt

  • Why are my ".pdf" files not opening in Creative Cloud? The tumbril shows up as a blank page!

    I just switched over from Adobe Acrobat Cloud to Creative Cloud; a tedious task. Most of my files open up fine, but some of them show up as a blank page thumb nail. They do have ".pdf" extension. Any ideas as to why this is happening, and what I can do to correct the issue?
    Ty

    @masood131 - A few questions:
    Are the pdf files without a thumbnail password protected? (Probably not but just checking since we will not be able to provide a preview for such a file).
    If you click on the blank thumbnail to view the individual file page do you see a larger preview image, or is that blank too?
    If you refresh the browser page does the thumbnail image show?
    If you upload the file a second time do you see a thumbnail image?
    If there is a problem with a specific file feel free to share a link with me via a private message and I can investigate further.

  • Why are all jar files not compressed in the JRE installer?

    I used 7zip to unpack jre-6u12-windows-i586-p.exe (Oracle JRE Installer). On unpacking, I got a core.zip, a zipper.exe and a few other files.
    Again on exploding core.zip I found a few things. core.zip contains all the jar files just like it would be after installation except for 7 jar files.
    charsets.jar
    deploy.jar
    javaws.jar
    jsse.jar
    localedata.jar
    plugin.jar
    rt.jar
    Instead of these jar files there exists the corresponding packfiles
    charsets.pack
    deploy.pack
    javaws.pack
    jsse.pack
    localedata.pack
    plugin.pack
    rt.pack
    I think these are files created by pack200.exe & unpack200.exe is run on them after installation to create the corresponding jar files.
    So now I have a few questions
    Why are only these 7 files run through pack200.exe. I assume its because they are bigger than other files. But it wouldn't take that much effort to pack all jar files & unpack them after installation.
    The .pack extension suggests that these are packed but not gzipped. Again why would Oracle not do a gzip also? for eg with rt.jar packing reduces size from 45 MB to 12 MB, while adding gzip also reduces it to 6 MB.
    Edited by: 966944 on Oct 22, 2012 8:19 AM

    Whatever the truth of all this may be, you won't find it here. This is a user to user forum, not Oracle support or a channel to the developers. All you will get here at best is valid post hoc reasoning: at worst, guesswork. And if you're trying to bring this issue to Oracle's attention, again this isn't the place to do it. Locking the thread.

  • Why are GarageBand .aif files in trash after session

    Hello,
    After doing several hours of recording in GarageBand 10.0.2, saving take,1, 2, 3, all different for reference later I close.
    In the TRASH there are this
    Why are they deleted to the trash and is it ok to EMPTY with out effecting the song?
    Thanks
    jojoguitar_always learning

    You're right!!
    I looked for an answer and I found it on Microsoft's site:
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macstart/i-keep-getti ng-an-empty-file-in-trash-at-startup/e5760e59-9e5f-4a0a-8766-dac6a73af148
    1. Open application Office error reporting, the application is located in this folder
          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
    2. Go in preferences
    3. Uncheck enable office error reporting
    That did it... Thank you!

  • Why are my desktop files not showing on the desktop

    Why are the files in my desktop folder not showing on my desktop?

    An add-on can put its icon on the bar automatically if it likes, but some add-ons do one of the following:
    * Add an item to the Tools menu
    * Add an item to the right-click menu (depending on the context)
    * Put a button in the button palette so you can add it to a toolbar if you like (''to call up the button palette, use'' View > Toolbars > Customize ''or right-click a blank area after the address box on the Navigation Toolbar and choose Customize from the pop-up menu'')
    Also, you might want to double-check that the add-on is enabled.
    Tools > Add-ons > Extensions
    If you have the orange Firefox button, it's Firefox > Add-ons > Extensions
    Does that help? (If you have problems with a particular extension, you could mention which one it is for more specific comments.)

  • Why Are My Cache Files & Other "Hidden" Files/Folders Visible? & How Do I Get Rid Of Them?

    I hid mach_kernel and private, but the cache.db, cache.db-shm, cache.db-wal of both the system and user folder are, also, visible. Yesterday, I had to restore from a Time Machine backup because something had suddenly eaten all the space on my startup drive. However, these files were visible prior to the restore. So, why are they there and how do I safely dispose of them or hide them to prevent their return to visibility? Thanks.

    Applications/Utilities/Terminal command.
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE &ampo; killall Finder 

  • Why are unwanted vi files produced when building executable?

    I'm using LabVIEW 9, and when I build an executable, it creates 3 unwanted folders containing a number of .vi files that I don't want to have.  The 3 unwanted folders that are automatically created are:
    NI_HTML, NI_report, and NI_Standard Report
    Why are these folders with numerous .vi files created automatically, and where is the option to exclude these when building the .exe?  Ok thanks
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    I assume this is a executable build description is created in LabVIEW 8.6 (or earlier), look in your LabVIEW 2009 build settings, there should be an option 'Use LabVIEW 8.x build layout'  (or something similar), this is probably checked, please uncheck.
    Ton
    Free Code Capture Tool! Version 2.1.3 with comments, web-upload, back-save and snippets!
    Nederlandse LabVIEW user groep www.lvug.nl
    My LabVIEW Ideas
    LabVIEW, programming like it should be!

  • Why are my Jpg files so small after being saved from Nef

    Hi,
    I am finally posting after months of trying to figure out why my images are saving so small, some 4mb after converting from Nef to Jpg.
    I am shooting with a Nikon D4s and came from a D800. I was spoilt with really large file sizes and now I am freaking out because my jpegs are so small.
    I am checking all the right boxes as far as I can see to save the jpg as large as I can, and I am not cropping the images before saving as Jpg.
    Has anyone else had this problem? I can't understand why a camera as amazing as the D4s is giving me such small files. I have read everywhere that my files need to be over 6mb to be classed as high res.
    The only thing that I can think of is maybe I am pushing my nefs too hard in camera raw/lightroom resulting in a loss of quality? Although my exposure is correct 90% of the time so Im only playing with highlights or luminance.
    Can anyone walk me through the process of what I should be doing so I can end this headache!
    Thanks in advance!

    ashleyp1563 wrote:
    Images are 16pm (4928x3280px as you say), and the doc is 48mb.
    So here's where I really show myself up... am I right in assuming that the more adobe compresses an image the lower the mb is on the final file, meaning if there is less detail (i.e. the low-key image is predominately black) then the jpeg will be smaller. Does this affect the print quality?
    4mb seems very low res to me. How can I retain as much of the information as possible? Do you think I should sharpen more to retain detail? Or does it even matter and I'm fretting over nothing!
    Okay. The file dimensions are fine, so we're talking purely about content and compression.
    As I already said, the low-key image contains very little data in the first place (lots of black and no colour), so it compresses well.  The dreamy woman image contains a lot of plain blue sky and out-of-focus background, so that compresses well too. No surprises there.
    Have you got any more detailed images with greater depth of field? Try creating a JPEG of that and see how big the file is.
    An Adobe JPEG Quality setting of 12 means minimum compression and therefore maximum file size. But, even so, if you saved an image which was just a single plain colour, you would find that the resulting JPEG would be just a few kB. This is how compression works.
    The lower the quality number is set, the higher the compression, the more detail is lost, and the more JPEG artefacts are created in the image.  You are already saving at 12 quality, which is the highest setting, so you are minimising any problems with detail. You should save as TIFF if you want absolutely no loss of detail, but the file sizes are much bigger.
    4MB is not a resolution. Think of it as packing a suitcase. If you're taking lots of books, you won't get the lid down. If you're taking lots of soft woollen sweaters, you can take lots. 4MB is an indication of the space that your packed image takes—if it's made of light fluffy stuff then it will be a smaller suitcase! :-)
    You should sharpen your images the same as any other. Large areas of plain or out-of-focus background need not be sharpened. You're okay. Stop worrying!

  • Why are my log files not getting backed up?

    I just tried to get some files from ~/Library/Logs but found that the entire Logs directory was not on Time Machine - looks like every thing else in ~/Library was there. I checked the exclusion list and it was not on there.
    I know that some ~/Library stuff gets backed up because I was recently able to find and restore some iCal events from about 4 months ago.
    Anybody know what gives? Is there any way to change this?
    Thx

    frankinmelrose wrote:
    I checked and both /Library/Logs and ~/Library/Logs are on the exclusion list - now why doesn't Apple's help file discuss that?
    Now, that's funny! Apple's Help, while improved over the last few releases, is nowhere near complete. That's why some occasional tips turned into my 120+ page website, mostly about Time Machine, and several others have written entire books about OSX.
    By all means, tell them about it at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/timemachine.html
    Maybe if enough of us do that, they'll reconsider.
    My problem - as a software tester, I occasionally would like to ensure that logs for a particular app stay around during my test period - in this case, the app under test did an archive, but kept only the previous 5 logs as backups (and without a setting I had access to) - and, of course, I was looking for an earlier log.
    So, is there any way to tell Time Machine at the start of my testing period to save logs in specific ~/Librarary/Log subdirectory and then at the end of my testing period, tell TIme Machine to stop backing them up?
    Not directly, other than periodically copying them somewhere else. But the schedule and handling of the "rotation" of some can be altered, if you're comfortable with UNIX and Terminal. See the MAN pages for newsyslog and newsyslog.conf.

  • Why are certain sound files not playing correctly in iTunes?

    I have had iTunes for years and have never had prolonged or unsolvable problems with anything playback related until now. I recently acquired some music, and it plays perfectly when I use WMP. When I added it my iTunes library, however, the audio is compressed during playback and there is a lot of skipping and blips going on in every song. It still plays perfectly in WMP, but not matter what I do the same thing happens in iTunes.
    For reference, here is what the original audio songs like
    http://picosong.com/cNPn
    And here is what it sounds like in iTunes
    http://picosong.com/cNPe

    I have a similar problem. When I try to play TV episodes that were downloaded (in .m4v format) using iTunes, QuickTime (7.0.4) will play video without audio, and when I press "stop", QuickTime locks up!
    My system used to play these files PERFECTLY, until I downloaded some shareware video format conversion programs (that didn't work, anyway). I believe one of them installed a shared DLL or CODEC or something that is conflicting with QuickTime. I'VE UNINSTALLED AND REINSTALLED QUICKTIME AND ITUNES COUNTLESS TIMES, trying to follow different people's advice, mostly from posts on this site, but nothing helps!!
    The thing we have in common is that it sounds like you also have other video software that could have conflicting CODECs or shared DLLs. DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO TRACK THIS PROBLEM DOWN??
    And why doesn't Apple make a CLEAN uninstaller and a COMPLETE installer? People shouldn't have to do the manual registry editing and file deletions that other people are recommending!!!!!
    Intel 915 Mo Bd. 3.2GHz 1G RAM   Windows XP  

  • Why are my received file attachments (Office files such as .doc, .docx, .xlsx but also pdf files) corrupted - so that I cannot open them?

    For the last month, 90% of the file attachments that I receive by email will not open on my MacBook Pro (2009, running Mac OS 10.7.5). I get assorted messages, but generally saying that the file is corrupt, or the filename contains unacceptable characters. The problem has been generally with Word files (.doc and .docx)], Excel files (.xls and .xlsx) and pdf files.
    The bit that I don't understand is that I can open the same email attachments (without any problem) when downloaded on my iMac. And I have recently found that colleagues who received the same emails can open them, and can transfer the files to me (usually by USB stick) … and then I can open them. But I still cannot open the same files received as email attachments on my MacBook Pro.
    Which makes me think that the files (email attachments) are somehow being corrupted as they are downloaded?
    I installed the Mac OS X Update Combined 10.7.5 in July, so perhaps this was when the problem started? And, although it may be unrelated, around the same time as this problem started, I transferred some files from a colleague's computer on a USB stick and found that the USB stick had picked up a virus/malware, which meant that the stick was dead, and I had to reformat the stick. I scanned my computer (using ClamXav, with the latest updates) and quarantined a file found on the USB stick and on my computer.
    Any thoughts on why this might happen, and what I can do to sort it out (as it is making work very difficult - I travel a lot, and rely on being able to open and read files sent from countries all over the world, often by people using old versions of Office software)? I have never had problems in the past, and can't understand why my other computer, and my colleagues, can all open these files, but my laptop will not! Many thanks for any help!    

    I opened one of the PDF files in notepad and these are the first couple lines:
    瀖ᕁމጿ␠씴豈䧉筩롈ꓳ劏ꎯ僪뚢頟뻏즏谀㿃夑퀉꟠鲲쮂⫉笿褡밤籞冁탁ӓ轸뿐笼ⵆ횰䄌ඁ淥ة寨闤⬅鳦팥링빨嬄敎უ婏㣴ً鮓ࣿꢚ㑀녲莒඼ိȆ䕇纍쉉籶뺝갞伐쮠᥏﯒넉釖ȓ겴☧ ἣ秵駻�䣞띰㖔流羀籔朼敨ꢉ糶당⬤俉膇䄐惡�ಹꛖ鍡恡ⱶᶜ�堷﹑ﱌ僿걄뎔æ䋷귪⛢⫐䅪䉙὿烶ꖆ႟ᗔ瘞狻틫儩六잶覱낵듘盋崾�ᦜ㺆௹뻹燴ឋ騙쬄ꏿ뽒煹�钼뇲腎稦ꃲ㈃沒ꔈ뺐뛽첑䘶畱䍣紻 ⁜哠鳾

  • Why are the PDF files in v27 bigger than in v25?

    I have just created a v27 version of my single iOS app, which has been v25 before. Now the app has a size of about 550 MB instead of about 430 MB. I found out that the PDF files of the slideshows are bigger  than before. What is the reason for this change and is there a way to get smaller file sizes again?
    Kind regards
    Michael
    No idea? At least someone of the staff should know why the DPS creates larger files now.
    There is another issue which indicates that Adobe doesn't care about file sizes. In slideshows the DPS always uses PNG files (if you don't choose PDF files, which are larger now, as I have told you). Of course it is because of transparency, but it would be easy to let the user choose between PNG and JPG like Twixl does.
    Message was edited by: Michael Kokoscha

    You should report this via Gold Support who will investigate this. Minor file size changes will always occure on releases, however since you report the size change is significant, there may be some issue and needs further testing.

Maybe you are looking for