Hi Clyde, Have you done "empty trash" when the drive is mounted.
I think that for the USB drive, like any other disk, "deleting" a file does not really delete it - just moves it to trash (in this case the trashes files on the drive). To really delete files you have to empty the trash! Hope that helps Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/4/08 8:47 AM, Clyde McLennan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I have found that when USB memory sticks (thumb drives) that > after deleting some files that the capacity of the drive is reduced. > > On further investigation, I find that if I then transfer that USB > memory stick to a windows computer there are additional directories/ > files that have a name like 'trashes'. These apparently were put > there by OSX, and contain, I think, the previously deleted files. > If this is correct, then that would explain why the USB memory stick > capacity seems to reduce after deleting files in OSX. > > I find that I can recover the memory capacity by doing a reformat > in Windows, or deleting in Windows these 'trashes' files/directories'. > > But what can I do in OSX to stop them from appearing, or if they > are created, how can I get rid of them as they don't show up on the > OSX 'Finder'. > > With thanks ... Clyde > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
