[X4U] Can you delete a file(move to the trash) in

Ed Gould edgould1948 at comcast.net
Sun Mar 15 20:30:03 PDT 2009


John:

Yes I did (there are multiple issues going on here besides this).

Ed

On Mar 15, 2009, at 10:01 PM, John Drake wrote:

>
> Ed,
>
> Have you emptied your trash after you did the key combo 'command- 
> delete'? Until you empty the trash Spotlight will keep showing the  
> item still in the system. Remember, when you delete a file you do  
> not regain your disk space until you empty the trash, same  
> principal here. It's a safe guard so if you change your mind before  
> you hit the empty trash you can retrieve it.
> I make a habit of opening the trash before I hit empty specially  
> when I'm doing any serious house-keeping, the only time I don't is  
> when I'm doing light cleaning from my desktop, I also recommend an  
> 'Empty Trash' often, if you have many files in the trash it takes  
> longer to empty and also makes it harder to verify just what it is  
> you are flushing.
>
> John
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