Thanks Sam, Almost as soon as I had posted I realised that I could 'select all' files in the trash folder once opened from the Dock, and then copy them to a new folder before emptying! I have ordered a new 2TB WD Firewire MyBook (I already have a 1TB ditto and a 750 GB USB Seagate FreeAgent). I have a lot of video footage to import into iMovie as events and then edit, so I plan to use the old 1TB MyBook for this and use the 2TB MyBook for Time Machine, asking it to back up the internal HDD and the 1TB MyBook. The Seagate I will use to store archived docs, photos etc. Unfortunately it's not easy to put a larger drive inside the iMac, so several externals seem to be the way ahead.
Is there some way of limiting the size of the Trash folder so that older items are deleted automatically to make room for new ones? There was a setting for this on my Windows PC, but I haven't found one on the iMac. Regards David Beveridge On Jan 20, 5:53 pm, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Open Trash in the Dock, that'll show you the contents of the Trash and allow > you make a copy. > > Instead of deleting items, why not put a 1TB/2TB drive into the iMac. > > If you've got too much stuff for your house, buy a bigger house! > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
