I think anyone that's had their mac for more than a day, knows this already.....

you guys are TMO.....i am sure you can come up with something better....

but anyway....nice try

People are converting daily to Macs. I'm helping three switchers this week alone buy new MacBooks. They surely don't know this. Reminders like these never hurt anybody.

Heck, remember when you actually had to buy a shredder software program????

I am new to Macs... I just learned something today. Please do not think everyone knows everything you do and never assume you know everything.

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hkbaq wrote:
I think anyone that's had their mac for more than a day, knows this already.....

you guys are TMO.....i am sure you can come up with something better....

but anyway....nice try

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hkbaq wrote:
I think anyone that's had their mac for more than a day, knows this already.....

you guys are TMO.....i am sure you can come up with something better....

but anyway....nice try

hkbaq, no matter how much you (or I) know about our Macs, there is always someone who knows more than we do, as well as someone who knows less than we do.

Our QuickTips are designed for a cross section of those users.

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hkbaq wrote:
I think anyone that's had their mac for more than a day, knows this already.....

I'm not new to macs. I just never use the menu to empty the trash. Ctrl/right click on the trashcan (how I empty teh trash) doesn't have that option, so I have never seen it.

You learn something new every day. Can you make that the default empty trash option? Or at least add it to the contextual menu?

For those who haven't got around to using this feature, and especially newbies, be warned that secure trashing takes longer, sometimes much longer, or much much longer, possibly as long as a mid-winter nap, during which time you may wonder what in heck could possibly take so long.

Meanwhile, I have a related question: is there a verification process somewhere in all this??

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You learn something new every day. Can you make that the default empty trash option? Or at least add it to the contextual menu?

I haven't found a utility yet that adds a Secure Empty Trash contextual menu item, but you can create your own keyboard short cut. This Quick Tip shows how to make custom keyboard shortcuts http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2006/03/08.1.shtml. If there is any interest, I'll be happy to write a Quick Tip that walks you through the process of making your own Secure Empty Trash keyboard shortcut.

Jeff

I'm a long time Mac user since 128K Mac. I didn't know this. I figured there was a way, if I went digging for it, but I must admit I never noticed the Secure Empty option. I quess because I usually right click the basket icon. Keep the tips, even the simple ones, coming.

Yes indeed, please keep the simple tips like this one coming.

if you've emptied the trash, but havent sucurely emptied it how do you retrieve the files? please help ive lost some important work!

The chances of your getting them back if you don't have backups are not good, because of the way Unix stores its files and file structure. I'm sorry, that's how it is.

I'm sure others will correct me if I'm wrong, but the outlook is dismal.

i cant empty the trash from any of the accounts on the cmp. it says i dont have the authorization

I use Entourage on all three of my Macs. Is there a way to have Secure Empty Trash do its work with the deleted emails in Entourage? Is there an email client that provides secure deletions?

Thanks