05-13-2011, 06:46 PM
You described the copy on your boot drive as a "broken alias" that can't be opened. Then you wrote, "the same thing has now happened to the corresponding folder on the backup drive."
So right now you have a copy of the folder at the root level of your boot drive that has an icon corresponding to an alias?
And the copy on your backup drive also has an icon corresponding to an alias?
And double-clicking either of those folders results in the "could not be opened because the original item cannot be found" alert?
You also wrote, "I just tested on my portable and 10.6 does not seem to have a problem with a "Music" folder at root level."
Do you have a working copy of the Music folder on your laptop? If so, why don't you copy that version of the folder to your iMac?
So right now you have a copy of the folder at the root level of your boot drive that has an icon corresponding to an alias?
And the copy on your backup drive also has an icon corresponding to an alias?
And double-clicking either of those folders results in the "could not be opened because the original item cannot be found" alert?
You also wrote, "I just tested on my portable and 10.6 does not seem to have a problem with a "Music" folder at root level."
Do you have a working copy of the Music folder on your laptop? If so, why don't you copy that version of the folder to your iMac?