Jonathan Grynspan on Twitter: "@mjtsai @rbrockerhoff It is indeed documented that it reads alias files. That's the purpose of that API. Do you see otherwise somewhere?"

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Jonathan Grynspan ‏@grynspan Jul 21

Launch Services does not use the Alias Manager anymore. I promise!
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Rainer Brockerhoff ‏@rbrockerhoff Jul 21

@grynspan umh, does that mean old-format aliases are no longer followed?
Jonathan Grynspan ‏@grynspan Jul 21 Toronto, Ontario

@rbrockerhoff When double-clicking? Don't worry, alias *files* are still supported via URL bookmarks. I just don't ever use alias records.
Rainer Brockerhoff ‏@rbrockerhoff Jul 21

@grynspan I sometimes run into users still having legacy resource-fork Finder aliases. I know symlinks & new URL bookmarks will work.
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Jonathan Grynspan ‏@grynspan Jul 21

@rbrockerhoff NSURL.bookmarkData(withContentsOf:) converts alias files into bookmark data suitable for use with NSURL APIs.
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Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai Jul 21

@grynspan @rbrockerhoff I had heard that, but it’s not promised by the docs, so wasn’t sure whether we can rely on it…

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@mjtsai @rbrockerhoff It is indeed documented that it reads alias files. That's the purpose of that API. Do you see otherwise somewhere?

10:08 AM - 21 Jul 2016

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