Hi, Oh, I see, it's similar to how the Recycle Bin works in Windows. Now I understand. Thanks for the help. Jeffrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Chesworth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:58 AM Subject: Re: how to empty trash folder
> > Jeffrey, > > My understanding of it is that emptying the trash is no different from > just deleting a file in that it could still be recovered with any half > decent recovery app, because it's only the file alocation table that's > modified, the data itself you just deleted isn't overwritten until you > really need that disc space. Secure empty actually writes over the > data with random 1's and 0's making it way harder to recover. > > hth > Scott > > On 9/4/09, Jeffrey Shockley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yeah, that's true, which is always why I always go to the Finder Window >> and >> press Command, Shift, delete to make sure the Trash is emptied. >> What is the difference between just emptying the Trash folder and Secure >> Empty Trash? They seem to do the same thing. >> Thanks, >> Jeffrey >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "anouk radix" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:48 AM >> Subject: Re: how to empty trash folder >> >> >>> >>> yes but it is context sensitive, in mail it removes your deleted >>> messages but if i try it anywhere else it wants to do secure delete >>> trash which takes ages and for some reason does not work here, i >>> always get an error message when rying it and it takes hours. >>> Greetings, Anouk >>> On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Cool. Didn't know it works anywhere you are on the Mac. >>>> Thanks for that. >>>> Jeffrey >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:53 AM >>>> Subject: Re: how to empty trash folder >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hey Anouk, >>>>> >>>>> The keyboard shortcut to empty the trash is command-shift-delete. >>>>> Works from anywhere you happen to be in the OS as far as I can tell. >>>>> >>>>> hth >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 9/4/09, anouk radix <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, i know i can put stuff in trash with cmd-del but if i am in >>>>>> the thrash and i press that it returns it to its prev location. So >>>>>> How >>>>>> can I actually empty the trash? >>>>>> Greetings, Anouk >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>> >>> >>> > >> >> >> > >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
