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Posted 2 years ago
Hi! Love your blog. Ok, so I don't know if I switched a button somewhere, but everytime I drag something to my trash can for the last few weeks, I get a pop up that says "Are you sure you want to delete the selected items? __ Items will be deleted immediately. You can't undo this action." And then they are deleted immediately and permanently when I choose delete. Is this a new change in Mac software or something? My trash items used to just sit in my trash can until I emptied it and now it has to permanently delete right away. I though that might be because I was low on space or something on my mac, but then I freed up like 30 gs of space and it is still doing it. Can you help solve my trash problem? Thanks so much
handsomeisaac asked

Take a look at this.

Cheers!

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Posted 2 years ago
hi.. do you know how to erase all hidden data? like .trashes, etc.. it's really annoying and makes my USB full.. and how to make it stop to generate such things.

im waiting for ur answer..

thanks.. :)
yani asked

The best way to keep that USB drive from filing up with junk is to empty the trash before you unplug it. This is one of the inconsistencies with the Mac OS - trashes live in different places, but are represented by only one trash can on the Dock.

Every volume has a .Trashes folder. That leading period indicates that it’s a hidden file - can’t see it in the Finder. It’s really a folder where things live when they’re in your Trash.

Now, because it would look very silly to have 3 Trash cans on your Dock (or Desktop waaaaaay back when) Apple gangs all of those .Trashes folders into one icon. So, if you trash something on your USB drive and then unplug it, it’s still taking up room. Empty the trash and then unplug.

Hope that makes sense.

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Posted 3 years ago
Sometimes when I restart my macbook I have some "Recovered File" folders in my trash? What is happening here? Any ideas?
random-ramblings asked

Apple’s answer.

Not to sound like a jerk, but really people… there is Google you know… didn’t you see the Superbowl commercial? They do searching now or something ;)

“mac recovered files” brought it up in the first hit and even started suggesting it halfway through “recovered”