Deleting off external drive -- trashed immediately?

rsherid · rsherid #1 (**permalink**)

10-29-2008, 12:46 AM

Is there an option to send it to the Trash instead of deleting it immediately? My fear is that I might regret the delete and at least I could go back and empty the Trash if need be.

podraig · podraig #2 (**permalink**)

10-29-2008, 06:27 AM

you would have to put it back on your hd first to use your desktop trash

growlgrowl · growlgrowl #3 (**permalink**)

11-26-2008, 05:12 PM

see below

growlgrowl · growlgrowl #4 (**permalink**)

11-26-2008, 05:25 PM

This is what I think happens...

the file you delete from your hard-drive appears in your desktop trash while the h-d is still connected. When you empty the trash with the h-d still connected the file is deleted.

if you disconnect the h-d without emptying the trash, the trashed file no longer appears there and emptying the trash does not delete the file. When you reconnect the h-d the file still appears in the desktop trash.

Grrrr

podraig #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2008 Posts: 373 Mac Specs: iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 4gig,Mac OS X 10.8.2 M Lion, Macbook Intel 2gig, iPhone 3G	10-29-2008, 06:27 AM you would have to put it back on your hd first to use your desktop trash Mac is like a car, keep clean and up to date and it will give you many hours of good driving
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rsherid #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 06, 2008 Posts: 739 Mac Specs: 13" MBP - 2.7 Ghz, Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM.	10-29-2008, 12:46 AM Is there an option to send it to the Trash instead of deleting it immediately? My fear is that I might regret the delete and at least I could go back and empty the Trash if need be.
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growlgrowl #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 10, 2008 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 78 Mac Specs: White MacBook 2008. OSX 10.7.5. 4Gb mem, 2.4GHz 160Gb HD	11-26-2008, 05:25 PM This is what I think happens... the file you delete from your hard-drive appears in your desktop trash while the h-d is still connected. When you empty the trash with the h-d still connected the file is deleted. if you disconnect the h-d without emptying the trash, the trashed file no longer appears there and emptying the trash does not delete the file. When you reconnect the h-d the file still appears in the desktop trash. Grrrr
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