Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: 3/Three usability issues in Mac OS X 10.8.5: Re(storing/covering) huge files from its Trash bin, renamed Time Machine's disk drive, and bring back Finder's sidebar external USB HDD icons? Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 17:01:14 -0700 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <07edndf9S_Q_FszPnZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <97Sdnb9EHMGSMszPnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <5251c288$0$49349$c3e8da3$c8b7d2e6@news.astraweb.com> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-LDCzcU51dSYE@localhost> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1381190476 11932 127.0.0.1 (8 Oct 2013 00:01:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 00:01:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:49661 comp.sys.mac.apps:18403 On 2013-10-07 22:02:19 +0000, John Varela said: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:05:27 UTC, JF Mezei > wrote: > >> The "Desktop" and Trash directories are special in that they can contain >> items from multiple places. > > Which is a usability problem at times. For example, to free up space > on a portable drive, move no-longer-needed files to the Trash and > then empty Trash. But that empties Trash on all other drives, too, > and maybe the User for whatever reason would rather not do that. > > If there's a way to delete Trash on only one drive I'd like to know > it. Hugely helpful app. (No, not terribly cheap. But like many other things, one can periodically find it in a bundle. As much as I use it, it's worth full price to me. YMMV.)