Found Footage: Trash Talk
I found this OS X trash primer over at YouTube in the new video listings. For many of you readers this is going to be old news--how to throw away locked or busy files--but for those of you who are new to OS X and the Macintosh, you may appreciate the basic how-to steps that the video offers. You don't actually need a third-party product to dispose of an application, but many OS X users like to keep their systems clean and tight.
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I found this OS X trash primer over at YouTube in the new video listings. For many of you readers this is going to be old news--how to...
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February 23 2007 at 12:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou can also delete files that are in use by just klicking secure empty trash.^^
February 09 2007 at 6:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythe problem with just rm'ing when something is in use is that it doesnt actually free up the space until the item stops being in use. its just sort of in purgatory and still taking up space until then. (but then again, its not a huge issue unless its a big file and you are low on space)
February 09 2007 at 3:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI currently use AppZapper. How does AppDelete compare to AppZapper?
February 09 2007 at 12:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe commands are the Unix ones, so yes they are the same as Linux, checkout this webpage http://www.indiana.edu/~uitspubs/b017/ although what I recommend you is to use the "apropos" command to find the command you need to use and the "man namecommand" to read the documentation. Try it doing "man apropos".
February 08 2007 at 7:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes anyone know a great website to learn all those terminal commands ?
Are they the same as in Linux ?
Thanks
seriously, just sudo rm that stuff!
February 08 2007 at 5:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAdditionally, you don't have to manually unlock every single locked file you're trying to throw away - just hold down option when you hit 'empty trash'. That one's been around since long before OS X - I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned.
February 08 2007 at 2:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRestart computer ? Booh !
Open Terminal -> (sudo) rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
And the job is done.
Man, I sure do wish I knew of AppDelete before I sprung for AppZapper...oh well, good video for future generations of new Mac users.
-Michael
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