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<blockquote data-quote="TattooedMac" data-source="post: 1649622" data-attributes="member: 101749">The 1 big downfall of the TRASH in Mac OS X. You can't. Well you can, but that takes some doing in Terminal, and the way you are at the moment, I wouldn't suggest it. What you can do, is to make a new Folder on your Desktop by using ⇧⌘N. Call it Trash, then drag that into the Trash. When in Trash, drag everything apart from what you want to get rid of, into the new Trash Folder. Once its all in there, drag the Trash Folder back to the Desktop, and then go and Empty the Trash.Now drag the trash folder back into the trash, and leave it there, until you decide what you want to do with it all. Just a FYI, because you have things in the Trash, doesn't mean you have anymore room on your Mac, so until you actually Empty Trash, they still take up wanted space on the HD. I just say this, because if you don't want to Delete them permanently, then put them where they should be on your HD, even if they are in a Folder named Trash??&nbsp; . . . . You will at some stage Empty your Trash, and there will be Files/Folders in there that you wanted to keep, and they will be gone forever.Its a very dangerous practice leaving wanted files in the Trash . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TattooedMac, post: 1649622, member: 101749"] The 1 big downfall of the TRASH in Mac OS X. You can't. Well you can, but that takes some doing in Terminal, and the way you are at the moment, I wouldn't suggest it. What you can do, is to make a new Folder on your Desktop by using ⇧⌘N. Call it Trash, then drag that into the Trash. When in Trash, drag everything apart from what you want to get rid of, into the new Trash Folder. Once its all in there, drag the Trash Folder back to the Desktop, and then go and Empty the Trash. Now drag the trash folder back into the trash, and leave it there, until you decide what you want to do with it all. Just a FYI, because you have things in the Trash, doesn't mean you have anymore room on your Mac, so until you actually Empty Trash, they still take up wanted space on the HD. I just say this, because if you don't want to Delete them permanently, then put them where they should be on your HD, even if they are in a Folder named Trash?? . . . . You will at some stage Empty your Trash, and there will be Files/Folders in there that you wanted to keep, and they will be gone forever. Its a very dangerous practice leaving wanted files in the Trash . . . [/QUOTE]

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