Thanks Sam - I have now downloaded Hazel. The problem I have now encountered is that I can't fully empty the Trash. There were over 100,000 files and at first the computer kept crashing part way through (screen dimming slowly down from the top). Eventually I got it down to 15,000 files but always the crash and same number left in Trash after re-boot. I downloaded TrashIt but it didn't work. I then tried using Terminal with the sudo rm -rf etc command and got it down a bit more; then realised that I needed to specify external drives and did the sudo etc with the Volumes/ */.Trashes etc command.
That sorted out most of the files, but now I am left with a stubborn group of 19 files in Trash. They all originated on the FreeAgent drive, all are shown as Alias with Zero KB on disk but they will not go away. Any thoughts on how to clear out these last few files? David On Jan 20, 7:07 pm, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hazel will auto empty the trash, among many other useful things. > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 20 Jan 2011, at 18:46, westwit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- 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.
