Trash

16 Apr 2011 11:50:10

Peter Towersey

When I put something into the trash which at present is permanently empty I get the message

"Are you sure you want to delete [ Whatever it may be ] This item will be deleted immediately"
You cannot undo this action

What has happened ? I am afraid I may delete something I wish to keep by accident.

Re: Trash

16 Apr 2011 14:24:45

Mick Burrell

Hi Peter, are these files by any chance on a network drive? If so, that's standard procedure. If it's just from your internal drive and your user account, this link may be helpful:
Resoving Trash Problems

Re: Trash

17 Apr 2011 10:50:20

Peter Towersey

Thanks Mick I will wait for a quiet moment and give the instructions a go

Re: Trash

13 May 2011 12:49:34

Gordon Clyne

I once helped a friend make an INIT (remember those) for MacOS 7, and it turned the lower right of the screen into a sensitive area, so when you dragged a file close to the trash, but not into it, it would move a pixel closer every day until it "fell" in. thus automatically cleaning up a corner of a cluttered desktop (Euan please note...!!) never really caught on though.... but a great idea no?

Re: Trash

14 May 2011 10:51:54

Euan Williams

Clutter, Gordon? I don’t do clutter (ahem). When I was very young I had a ‘bottom drawer’, it grew into my house and has finally reached my desktop -- which is actually quite well organised (he bleats) and works on strict and known principles.

You should re-write your init for Mark who is the greatest known specialist for weird happenstances if the mouse strays into screen corners and other booby traps. Never offer to show anyone anything on his screen -- as Apple would say: ‘results may be uncertain’.

But, having put up this spirited defence of my bad habits, yes, you should re-write it for OSX. I predict viral delight -- worldwide!