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    Where's the trash?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dbam987, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    I can't seem to find where in Leopard to look at the items in the trash... I might be going blind since I can't find anywhere in Finder or spotlight even to point me to the trash folder.

    Side note: 2 more posts until the 1000th post
     
    dbam987, Jul 14, 2008
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  2. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Are you saying the trash icon is not in your dock?

    I don't think you can browse to the trash folder in Finder. I might be wrong though.

    But anyways, when you click on the trash icon in your dock, it should automatically open a finder window with the contents.
     
    cdnalsi, Jul 14, 2008
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  3. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    arghhh!!! i knew it was something painfully obvious... i might want to delete this thread now, to hide any more form of embarrassment.

    side note: 1 more post to 1000th post. just hope it's not a silly post.
     
    dbam987, Jul 14, 2008
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  4. IllegalOperation

    IllegalOperation Notebook Guru

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    What does the 1000th post do for one? (lol sorry to bump your embarrassing topic)
     
    IllegalOperation, Jul 15, 2008
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  5. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    it's more of a personal achievement thing. it took a year, but it was well worth it! :p

    your lucky i'm a nice guy, IllegalOperation, for i was about to report abuse to the mods for bumping this silly thread... lol
     
    dbam987, Jul 15, 2008
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  6. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    As opposed to spamming the thread with your countdown to 1000 posts? :)
     
    Khris, Jul 15, 2008
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  7. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    spamming is when there's multiple posts with the same thing written. plus, this is my own thread so... my rules. :p
     
    dbam987, Jul 15, 2008
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  8. r0k

    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    I keep my dock magnification set to tiny. I actually had trouble seeing the trash the other day, too. I guess I really should weed out all those apps (besides garage band) that I never or only rarely use. Besides, my preferred method for launching apps is to type a few characters into spotlight anyway. Then I could make the thing big enough to see.

    Spam? What spam? No spam here officer. Nothing to see. These aren't the droid's we're looking for. Move along...
     
    r0k, Jul 15, 2008
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  9. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    *cough* Counting down to your 1000th post is making "multiple posts with the same thing written". ;)

    And.......hate to tell you, but as soon as you hit "Submit Reply", your thread became the property of the almighty NBR Overlords and your rules are no longer enforceable! :p
     
    Khris, Jul 15, 2008
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  10. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    lol, ok ok. back on topic.

    when i use the "empty trash securely" function, it takes forever to finish. what's it exactly doing to require that much time?

    edit: 996 more posts to go :D
     
    dbam987, Jul 15, 2008
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  11. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Khris, Jul 15, 2008
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