Coming from Windows I sometimes still have the desire or need for a desktop shortcut/symlink.
There are two easy options for this
- Right click the application, select “Make Alias” and drag that alias to the desktop and potentially rename it at one point or the other.
- Open Terminal (Applications – Utilities) and run a command similar to below, the advantage of running the terminal strings below is that you can easily choose the location and name of the shortcut/symlink
ln -s /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app ~/Desktop/Terminal ln -s /Applications/VNC\ Viewer.app ~/Desktop/VNC ln -s /Applications/Microsoft\ Outlook.app ~/Desktop/Outlook ln -s /Applications/Skype.app ~/Desktop/Skype ln -s /Applications/Mail.app ~/Desktop/Email ln -s /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app ~/Desktop/Excel
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