IOS & iCloud File Aliases

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Anyone have any luck using iCloud file aliases with iOS Files?? Seems the aliases created on the Mac are nothing more than nearly empty text files that are useless in iOS?

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An alias is merely a shortcut to another file or folder, so it doesn't have any "file size" other than what is sufficient to create the alias.

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MacOS – How to get the shortest file size on aliases

In High Sierra, the following works: just select the alias and run Finder command "Show Original" (command-R). This trims the alias size down to a minimum. This brought an alias that was previously 24 Mb down to 8 Kb.

MacOS – Problem persistently defining aliases in terminal

The alias command requires you to have no spaces around the = and also you should use " or ' to enclose the string not the curly quote ‘ you have. That quote often appears in pdfs and books when the editing program tries to make things look nice.

so the command should be

alias showFiles="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder"
alias hideFiles="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder"

I can't find a reference for these but they are just things I have learnt :(

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