Looked at the movie

-- This is CORRECT behaviour
-- While the alias is tied to the original, it's correct that is CAN have a different name to the original item

While this can sometinmes get confusing (which is why it's good to use the same name), there are occasons where it can be very beneficial to be able to use a different name for the alias as compared with the original item.

Aliases have always worked this way
-- It's not a bug, it's a feature.

But as mentioned above, while it's generally sensible to use the same or similar name for the alias as the original, this is not actually a requirement.

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You misunderstood the movie, I'm afraid. I'm in complete agreement with the fact that aliases can have different names than the original -- no debate there at all.

What has *never* been the case is that a change of an *alias' name* could affect the original! The entire point of aliases is that, while they point at the original object, they are, in fact, independent of it relative to where they're stored on disk and how they're named.

The movie clearly shows that renaming an alias -- in the sidebar, not in the Finder -- renames the original folder. That's a big no-no.

-rob.

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