Re: Upgrade iMac 8.1

On 7/30/24 01:49, BungleBob wrote:

On 2024-07-30 03:21:26 +0000, philo said:

On 7/29/2024 10:05 PM, BungleBob wrote:

On 2024-07-30 02:22:36 +0000, philo said:

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Also:
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I wanted to empty SOME files from the trash bin NOT all of them
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The ONLY option is to empty the bin>
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I did Google and found two answers
Either hit the command or else the option key
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That gives no option to delete only that file
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Thanks

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- Open the Trash (click on the Trash icon in the Dock)
- Right-click on any file to delete and choose "Delete Immediately"
- You can select multiple files by holding down the Command key while
 clicking on each file, then right-click on any file to delete all the
 selected ones.

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No such option on the context menu
I need to know how to delete just a few files that I created
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I do not want to delete any that were there previously...that is up to the owner

 Maybe it was added in a newer version of Mac OS X.
 The easiest way would be to move the files you want to KEEP out of the Trash, empty the Trash to delete your files, then put those original files back in the Trash again.
 Terminal can be used to delete files via a Unix command line, but it is not something you should play around in if you don't really know what you are doing.
 

I did manage to delete some of the files from the command line
Of note: The trash bin on the GUI shows a few files the command line did not see>
Anyway...it's fun to experiment with this