Launching an alias file type

[sottovoce]

Is there a way to launch a file that's an alias to another file? I currently have a macro that triggers an action "Open a File, Folder..." and this works when I provide a path to a standard file but not to an alias -- seems to be regardless of the application used to open it.

[NaOH]

Is the information for launching an alias file from this prior thread no longer viable?

Open Document Action: Pointing to Alias

Hi, I'd like to create a macro that will open a document, and that document will change each week. My hope was to point to an alias and then update the alias each week. But it doesn't look like I can point to a symlink -- resolves into the underlying doc. Is there another way to achieve this dynamic reference?

[Nige_S]

@sottovoce

Is there a way to launch a file that's an alias to another file?

Can you post an example? Because this is working for me (KM 11.0.3, macOS 14.5)

Note that you do have to paste/type in the path -- using the open/save dialog to add it will resolve the alias to the actual target.

[sottovoce]

Thank you for referring me back to the previous solution and yes it still works. And apologies for asking the question a second time -- I'd disabled the alias macro b/c of a conflict with the keyboard trigger and then it slipped from memory.