Dan, I'll be interested in what transpires. I find this to be a most peculiar situation.
----- 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 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library Hi Dave, I guess that's my next step. Dan On Oct 8, 2008, at 4:06 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > >
