Section A.69. Recycle Bin

A.69. Recycle Bin

Mac OS X has a Trash icon at the end of the Dock. In general, it works exactly like the Windows Recycle Binand why not, since the Macintosh Trash was Microsoft's inspiration?but there are a couple of differences. The Macintosh never auto-empties it, for example. That job is up to you (the simplest way is to Control-click it, or right-click it, and choose Empty Trash from the shortcut menu).

The Mac never bothers you with an "Are you sure?" message when you throw something into the Trash, either. In fact, it doesn't even ask for confirmation when you empty the Trash (at least, not when you empty it by Control-clicking). The Mac interrupts you for permission only when you choose File Empty Trashand you can even turn that confirmation off, if you like (in Finder Preferences).

To put icons into the Trash, drag them there, or just highlight them and then press -Delete.



Switching to the Mac[c] The Missing Manual
Switching to the Mac[c] The Missing Manual
ISBN: 1449398537
EAN: N/A
Year: 2006
Pages: 371

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