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From: philo <philo@privacy.net>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade iMac 8.1
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On 7/30/24 01:49, BungleBob wrote:
> On 2024-07-30 03:21:26 +0000, philo said:
>> On 7/29/2024 10:05 PM, BungleBob wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-30 02:22:36 +0000, philo said:
>>>>
>>>> Also:
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to empty SOME files from the trash bin NOT all of them
>>>>
>>>> The ONLY option is to empty the bin>
>>>>
>>>> I did Google and found two answers
>>>> Either hit the command or else the option key
>>>>
>>>> That gives no option to delete only that file
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> - Open the Trash (click on the Trash icon in the Dock)
>>> - Right-click on any file to delete and choose "Delete Immediately"
>>> - You can select multiple files by holding down the Command key while
>>>  clicking on each file, then right-click on any file to delete all the
>>>  selected ones.
>>
>> No such option on the context menu
>> I need to know how to delete just a few files that I created
>>
>> I do not want to delete any that were there previously...that is up to 
>> the owner
> 
> Maybe it was added in a newer version of Mac OS X.
> 
> The easiest way would be to move the files you want to KEEP out of the 
> Trash, empty the Trash to delete your files, then put those original 
> files back in the Trash again.
> 
> Terminal can be used to delete files via a Unix command line, but it is 
> not something you should play around in if you don't really know what 
> you are doing.
> 
> 



Thanks again>

I am familiar with the command line probably will check out that option>

I thought of taking the files out that I did not want to delete>


Maybe I'll just check with the owner though and see if it's ok to just 
empty it

BTW: The older version of Firefox installed OK but it does not work very 
well.

The machine is dual booting with XP ...of all things>
Maybe I can just dump that and install Linux

Machine does not have the specs for Win10