Trash - it can't count!

cjtinkle · cjtinkle #1 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 01:13 PM

Okay Trash has me very confused. Let's say I've emptied it. Then I drag 6 pictures into it. Open it, yep, there's 6 pictures. Choose empty trash securely, and sure enough, it empties 13 items???

I dragged Messenger:Mac out of my applications folder into the trash. Opene the trash can, that's the only item in there. Chose empty, and 2,279 items begin deleting.

Can anyone help me understand this? LOL

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 01:17 PM

apps in os x are really packages rather than a single file

inside an app are all sorts of resources, from icons to code and help files

so by deleting messenger you are really deleting a folder with all sorts of stuff inside

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #3 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 01:34 PM

there's also metadata referring to the images.

the8thark · the8thark #4 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 01:46 PM

So is this why it doesn't tell you how many things you are about to delete when you empty the trash? Well when compared to Classic when it told us there.

Zoolook · Zoolook #5 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the8thark

So is this why it doesn't tell you how many things you are about to delete when you empty the trash? Well when compared to Classic when it told us there.

Welcome to the 21st century!

cjtinkle #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 15 Mac Specs: iMac 24 inch 3.06 ghz	07-06-2008, 01:13 PM Okay Trash has me very confused. Let's say I've emptied it. Then I drag 6 pictures into it. Open it, yep, there's 6 pictures. Choose empty trash securely, and sure enough, it empties 13 items??? I dragged Messenger:Mac out of my applications folder into the trash. Opene the trash can, that's the only item in there. Chose empty, and 2,279 items begin deleting. Can anyone help me understand this? LOL Have you "Tinkled" today? 24" Aluminum iMac, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD ; 80 GB iPod
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,653 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	07-06-2008, 01:17 PM apps in os x are really packages rather than a single file inside an app are all sorts of resources, from icons to code and help files so by deleting messenger you are really deleting a folder with all sorts of stuff inside
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Member Since: Jan 27, 2007 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 5,658 Mac Specs: 17 inch 2 GHz C2D imac (5,1) with 3GB DDR2 RAM, X1600 (128MB memory) GPU - OSX 10.6.3	07-06-2008, 01:46 PM So is this why it doesn't tell you how many things you are about to delete when you empty the trash? Well when compared to Classic when it told us there.
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