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Help: trash management and external drives
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<blockquote data-quote="riverteeth" data-source="post: 683341" data-attributes="member: 43488"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I've read some past posts about the frustration that some switchers have when the delete files from an external drive to free up space, only to find that the space is not actually freed until you empty the trash. I had the same experience and I'm just wondering how you all deal with this dilemma in general. Do you empty your trash every time you need to “for real” delete files from you external drives? Is it common to run a script like I’ve seen posted for only deleting the .trashes file on a drive (seems like a bit of a pain to me)?</p><p></p><p>On one level, I hate to have to empty the trash for this purpose, cause I can see the value of actually hanging on to the files I delete from the main HD (as long as I have space), but it’s really common to need to just get rid of those files for good from your flash or external hard drive. Which OS X could put that .trashes file on my HD instead of keeping in on the external.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riverteeth, post: 683341, member: 43488"] Hi all, I've read some past posts about the frustration that some switchers have when the delete files from an external drive to free up space, only to find that the space is not actually freed until you empty the trash. I had the same experience and I'm just wondering how you all deal with this dilemma in general. Do you empty your trash every time you need to “for real” delete files from you external drives? Is it common to run a script like I’ve seen posted for only deleting the .trashes file on a drive (seems like a bit of a pain to me)? On one level, I hate to have to empty the trash for this purpose, cause I can see the value of actually hanging on to the files I delete from the main HD (as long as I have space), but it’s really common to need to just get rid of those files for good from your flash or external hard drive. Which OS X could put that .trashes file on my HD instead of keeping in on the external. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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