Editing Alias (Mac OS) (section)

=== Programming API ===
The Alias Manager API is part of [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]] that allows developers to create aliases and access the aliased file.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Alias Manager |url=https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/carbon_core/alias_manager |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811194914/https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/carbon_core/alias_manager?language=objc |archive-date=2020-08-11 |website=Apple Developer Documentation}}</ref>

[[Mac OS X Snow Leopard|Mac OS X 10.6]] introduced the Bookmarks API to [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] as a set of methods on {{code|NSURL}} and functions for {{code|CFURL}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-05 |title=NSURL and CFURL Release Notes |url=http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/Cocoa/RN-NSURL/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007753-CH1-DontLinkElementID_3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026174813/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/Cocoa/RN-NSURL/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007753-CH1-DontLinkElementID_3 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |website=Mac OS X Reference Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-06 |title=File System Programming Guide |url=http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/AccessingFilesandDirectories/AccessingFilesandDirectories.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH3-SW10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006193005/http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/AccessingFilesandDirectories/AccessingFilesandDirectories.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH3-SW10 |archive-date=2011-10-06 |website=Mac OS X Developer Library}}</ref> In [[OS X Lion|Mac OS X 10.7.3]], the API was enhanced for the App [[Sandbox (computer security)|Sandbox]] with security-scoped bookmarks, which add security permissions to aliases on a per-application or per-document basis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-13 |title=App Sandbox in Depth |url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AppSandboxInDepth/AppSandboxInDepth.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011183-CH3-SW16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711183033/https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AppSandboxInDepth/AppSandboxInDepth.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011183-CH3-SW16 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |website=Mac OS X Developer Library}}</ref>

In [[OS X Mountain Lion|Mac OS X 10.8]] the Alias Manager API was officially deprecated in favor of the Bookmarks API.<ref name=":0" />