about trash can

alexislalas · Jul 30, 2007

hello, i'm not sure if this is the right thread.

i'm new to mac.

when i trash files, do i have to empty the trash so that i could get the free space on my disc?

thanks.

Sherman Homan · Jul 30, 2007

Welcome to the right side! Yup. You have to empty the trash to make the file go away and make that hard drive space available.

Eric559 · Jul 30, 2007

alexislalas said:
hello, i'm not sure if this is the right thread.

i'm new to mac.

when i trash files, do i have to empty the trash so that i could get the free space on my disc?

thanks.

It's the same thing as Windows.

alexislalas · Jul 31, 2007

cool, thanks guys

rogerinlondon · Jul 31, 2007

Eric559 said:
It's the same thing as Windows.

Not quite, since on the Mac you also have to empty trash to free up space on a USB memory stick (or a digital camera) which is something that is very easy to forget...

Eric559 · Jul 31, 2007

rogerinlondon said:
Not quite, since on the Mac you also have to empty trash to free up space on a USB memory stick (or a digital camera) which is something that is very easy to forget...

So your saying if I delete files from my usb drive and then eject the drive without deleting the files from the trash then they will still be on the usb drive?

Sherman Homan · Jul 31, 2007

Eric559 said:
So your saying if I delete files from my usb drive and then eject the drive without deleting the files from the trash then they will still be on the usb drive?

Yup. The metaphor is exactly the same, it is consistent with the Finder's behavior and all email programs that I know of. If you put a file in the Trash, it stays in the Trash. Until you empty the Trash. Then it is gone.
In fact, it is the same metaphor for trash day across the world. You put garbage into a trash can and there it stays. Until it gets emptied!

rogerinlondon · Jul 31, 2007

Sherman Homan said:
Yup. The metaphor is exactly the same, it is consistent with the Finder's behavior and all email programs that I know of. If you put a file in the Trash, it stays in the Trash. Until you empty the Trash. Then it is gone.
In fact, it is the same metaphor for trash day across the world. You put garbage into a trash can and there it stays. Until it gets emptied!

Except for in Windows......

Eric559 · Jul 31, 2007

Sherman Homan said:
Yup. The metaphor is exactly the same, it is consistent with the Finder's behavior and all email programs that I know of. If you put a file in the Trash, it stays in the Trash. Until you empty the Trash. Then it is gone.
In fact, it is the same metaphor for trash day across the world. You put garbage into a trash can and there it stays. Until it gets emptied!

rogerinlondon said:
Except for in Windows......

That's interesting. Thanks.

alexislalas · Jul 31, 2007

ok, i have another question:

how can i delete some, not all, of the items in the trash can?

technologist · Jul 31, 2007

alexislalas said:
ok, i have another question:

how can i delete some, not all, of the items in the trash can?

Take out the ones you don't want to delete.

Sherman Homan · Jul 31, 2007

how can i delete some, not all, of the items in the trash can?

I have a folder on my Desktop called Pre-Trash that I put stuff in when I haven't quite made up my mind on trashing it.

alexislalas · Aug 1, 2007

oohhh... so theres no way of just deleting certain items? hhhmmm...

i think i'll do the Pre-Trash folder thing.