Al Grappone said: >> Or you could just create a "pre-trash" folder, and not transfer things >> in >> it to the trash until they have aged sufficiently to be safe to trash. > >I have that but would like to change key combination to transfer to >pre-trash folder instead of command-delete. You could create a simple AppleScript to do that. You could even activate the AppleScript menu and make the script easily accessible from there. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html