Ronald P. Regensburg wrote:
The whole idea of making the hidden prefs file visible is that viewing (and possibly editing) the file would be more convenient for the not so experienced user.
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I myself created a visible alias of the hidden prefs file in my SheepShaver folder
And I thought you were an experienced user.

Ronald P. Regensburg wrote:
Do you mean that the SheepShaver application should automatically create that symlink?
Yes. But then the name should probably be something like "Link to SheepShaver preferences" or at least contain "alias" or similar. That way, e. g. if for some reason someone wants to delete the prefs file, it is clear that by this file only the alias is deleted.