can you have apple care help you look into this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library
Hello, I have seen this problem on another one of my Macs as well and I have no idea what to do. Other than manually removing files after they've been removed from the library and supposedly put in trash, I just manually remove them through finder and then delete the trash. In other words, it's a rather unnecessary bother. Dan On Oct 8, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > Yep, deleting from finder wouldn't work because there'd be a load of > broken shortcuts left in your library. Our problem is that, even > though we're deleting from within itunes, finder isn't keeping it's > end of the deal and trashing the files for us. The result is that, > though the files no longer show up in our libraries because the > shortcuts get deleted there, they're still cluttering up our itunes > music folder taking up space. I mean as long as I'm aware of it I can > keep track of things, but it would be nice to figure out why this > isn't working. > > On 10/8/08, John Panarese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is odd. I know in the beginning, I was having trouble with >> deleting items I wanted out of iTunes, but I read a support article >> or >> some kind of document that explained that the best way to do this was >> to do it directly in iTunes and to empty the trash afterwards. I >> have >> not had any issues since then. >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> >> On Oct 8, 2008, at 7:17 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >> >>> I get this behaviour here too, dan isn't the only one. I just >>> tested >>> it by importing a new album, checking it was all organised correctly >>> in the itunes music folder through finder, and checking for dupes in >>> itunes (there were none because I'm obsessively tidy with the >>> library >>> lol). When I deleted the album from within itunes and answered >>> yes to >>> the move to trash prompt, the album disappears from my library, but >>> can still be found in the exact same location of the itunes music >>> folder, so I had to trash it myself from finder and empty trash. >>> >>> So the good news is Dan that you're not alone. Bad news is that I >>> have no clue why this happens. Could it be a permissions thing >>> maybe? >>> Anyone? >>> Scott >>> >>> On 10/8/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> they show up in trash for me. >>>> >>>> On Oct 8, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Dan wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> When you delete the items from the library and then you send them >>>> to >>>> trash, they don't actually show up in trash. >>>> Dan >>>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, did you delete them from trash afterward? >>>>> >>>>> Chris. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of >>>>> Mac OS >>>>> X by theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:45 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> Yep, that's what I'm doing. Then I found them still in the >>>>>> library >>>>>> after first deleting them from within iTunes and also answering >>>>>> yes >>>>>> to the trash prompt. >>>>>> Strange. >>>>>> Dan >>>>>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 8:36 PM, John Panarese wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> As >>>>>>> far as I have found, if you delete items directly in iTunes from >>>>>>> the main music library and confirm the deletion and then having >>>>>>> them moved to the Trash, they are gone for good, unless you >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> a copy of that file somewhere else on your computer. The thing >>>>>>> is you must do this in iTunes and not simply delete the files >>>>>>> using finder from the iTunes music folder. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Take Care >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John Panarese >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 11:29 PM, Dan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>>>> When Items are deleted from iTunes and also put in trash, they >>>>>>>> don't really go away. If you snoop around in the iTunes library >>>>>>>> under for example Music, you will find all kinds of items that >>>>>>>> should have been deleted. I wish there really was a way to >>>>>>>> truly >>>>>>>> delete items, instead of them still taking up loads os space. >>>>>>>> Dan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >
