Thanks. This helps me out as well. I noticed these extra files on an sd card the other day after transferring some files from my mac and then using the files on my braille sense. I deleted them from the braille sense side, but now I can just do it before ejecting the card from now on.
Thanks, Caitlyn On Apr 24, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Krister, >> >> On Apr 22, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> I decided to do some experimenting so i looked on my recorder from the PC >> side of things and in the root of the memory was some files that the mac had >> left on the recorder, namely some hidden files called .trashes, _.trashes, >> .Spotlight-v100 etc. I think that those .trashes files have the same >> function as what windows do on an external hard drive or a partition when it >> puts a recycle.bin there so that you can put files in the trash even on a >> digital recorder. I personally am not so worried about those files, but i >> know friends who are worried that they will grow unproportionally as you >> through things in the trash, so what it all boils down to is: Is there a way >> of bypassing the trash alltogether and simply delete the files right away, >> rather like you do in that other dreaded operating system if you so desire? > > I don't know anything about that other operating system, but on the Mac, if > you empty the trash before disconnecting the device, those hidden files > should disappear and the space will be freed up. I always do this with my > Milestone and any USB drives. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
