An alias icon is NEEDED...again

grossmusic wrote:

There is a purpose to an alias icon & the little arrow. I organize my entire desktop w/aliases & it needs to be VISUAL, but if the only workaround is to manually copy the original image to aliases, it defeats the EASE of making an aliases & SCREWS UP my Mac's performance.

Apparently since Big Sur, this has been an issue Apple doesn't care about. Why?

PLEASE address this by returning the "feature" that you took away over the years.

I see what you mean. Applying icons to an image omits the alias indicator. Making an alias of a folder with a custom icon loses the custom image.

Unfortunately, this is a user-to-user support forum. You can send general product feedback to Apple here, or file an official bug report using the other "feedback" site.

But don't get your hopes up. I can virtually guarantee that this will never be fixed.

Not really sure I understand your issue. You can still create aliases. The arrow is inconsequential.