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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: philo <philo@privacy.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Upgrade iMac 8.1 Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:56:13 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: <v8antd$11k2s$4@dont-email.me> References: <v89ipc$rmub$1@dont-email.me> <v89l9u$s440$1@dont-email.me> <v89m85$s76t$1@dont-email.me> <v8a2dm$u3f0$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:56:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9a074b80bfa8ce5121db26d225f15c09"; logging-data="1101916"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19depRlr7FY3x0rVfLXwvQKsePnVAG2wnI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:nACLt5GVwKo3TlCtJMTetcQWf04= In-Reply-To: <v8a2dm$u3f0$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2741 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. > > I did manage to delete some of the files from the command line Of note: The trash bin on the GUI shows a few files the command line did not see> Anyway...it's fun to experiment with this