The importance of shortcuts for visual applications is self-evident, its existence allows us to start an application, without the existence of shortcuts, every time we start an application, we have to "rummage through the cabinets" to find the application main program file in the application installation directory.
Then again, when we accidentally delete an app shortcut from the desktop or start menu, or if the app is installed in a compressed package instead of through the installer, how do we create a shortcut and put it on the desktop?
Depending on the operating system, creating shortcuts will be different. That's right, there is such a thing as a shortcut, not only on the Windows system, but also on the macOS system, but on the macOS system, it is not called a shortcut but a stand-in. Of course, there are similar shortcut files in Linux systems, after all, Linux systems also have desktops.
First of all,You must know the directory where the app is installed, because the main program file that launches the app can only be found in the app installation directoryThat is, an exe executable file that uses the app logo as the icon and the Chinese or English name of the app as the file name。The application master program file is either in the bin directory of a subdirectory of the installation directory or in the first-level directory of the installation directory.
Once you have found the main program file, select and right-click with the cursor and select it in the pop-up context menuSend to desktop shortcutThis option, when clicked, the operating system will go to the desktop to create a shortcut to the app; Alternatively, you can select thePin to the Start screenThis option allows you to create an app shortcut on the start page.
Once you've created a shortcut, you can change the name, remove things like file suffixes, or use kanji to name the shortcut, etc., to look good. The name of the shortcut is modified and does not affect the operating system to call the target application, because the main application program corresponding to the shortcut launched by the operating system is determined by the target item in the shortcut properties.
Generally speaking, there is no need for users to create their own avatars on macOS systems, because applications installed with DMG files will inevitably create corresponding app files in Launchpad. It has to be mentioned here that applications with visual pages on macOS will have a file with the file suffix app, which is usually created by the system in the launchpad. The app file is the startup portal for the app on macOS.
Compared with the Windows system, which provides a rich context menu for the main program file of the application, macOS is very different, if you go directly to the Launchpad, you will find that you cannot use the right-click to launch an application icon, but can only left-click the application icon to launch the application. To be able to select an app and open the context menu, you must go through the front of the Finder Application Directory.
At this point, you can open the context menu, and you will find that there is one in the context menuMake a stand-inoption, but there is no option to delete or uninstall, which is what makes macOS different from Windows. To uninstall an app on macOS, you mustThrough Settings - General - Storage - Appsto open the app management screen before you can delete the app.
Therefore, it is generally not the case that the shortcut is deleted by mistake on the Windows system on the macOS system.
Although the entrance to the Launchpad will always be placed on the left side of the desktop dock, it is not very fast to go inside every time to find and open the app, and you don't want to use the application to pin the dock, then you need something like the desktop shortcut on the Windows operating system, that is, the application alias.
Creating an alias on the desktop for macOS is as simple as opening the application directory through the Finder, selecting the target app with the cursor, and dragging the mouse to the desktop, then the system will create an app alias on the desktop.
Just like shortcuts on Windows, doubles on macOS will have arrows.