Yep, deleting from finder wouldn't work because there'd be a load of broken shortcuts left in your library. Our problem is that, even though we're deleting from within itunes, finder isn't keeping it's end of the deal and trashing the files for us. The result is that, though the files no longer show up in our libraries because the shortcuts get deleted there, they're still cluttering up our itunes music folder taking up space. I mean as long as I'm aware of it I can keep track of things, but it would be nice to figure out why this isn't working.
On 10/8/08, John Panarese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is odd. I know in the beginning, I was having trouble with > deleting items I wanted out of iTunes, but I read a support article or > some kind of document that explained that the best way to do this was > to do it directly in iTunes and to empty the trash afterwards. I have > not had any issues since then. > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Oct 8, 2008, at 7:17 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > >> I get this behaviour here too, dan isn't the only one. I just tested >> it by importing a new album, checking it was all organised correctly >> in the itunes music folder through finder, and checking for dupes in >> itunes (there were none because I'm obsessively tidy with the library >> lol). When I deleted the album from within itunes and answered yes to >> the move to trash prompt, the album disappears from my library, but >> can still be found in the exact same location of the itunes music >> folder, so I had to trash it myself from finder and empty trash. >> >> So the good news is Dan that you're not alone. Bad news is that I >> have no clue why this happens. Could it be a permissions thing maybe? >> Anyone? >> Scott >> >> On 10/8/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> they show up in trash for me. >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Dan wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> When you delete the items from the library and then you send them to >>> trash, they don't actually show up in trash. >>> Dan >>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >>> >>>> Well, did you delete them from trash afterward? >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >>>> X by theblind" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:45 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> Yep, that's what I'm doing. Then I found them still in the library >>>>> after first deleting them from within iTunes and also answering yes >>>>> to the trash prompt. >>>>> Strange. >>>>> Dan >>>>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 8:36 PM, John Panarese wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> As >>>>>> far as I have found, if you delete items directly in iTunes from >>>>>> the main music library and confirm the deletion and then having >>>>>> them moved to the Trash, they are gone for good, unless you have >>>>>> a copy of that file somewhere else on your computer. The thing >>>>>> is you must do this in iTunes and not simply delete the files >>>>>> using finder from the iTunes music folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Take Care >>>>>> >>>>>> John Panarese >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 7, 2008, at 11:29 PM, Dan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>>> When Items are deleted from iTunes and also put in trash, they >>>>>>> don't really go away. If you snoop around in the iTunes library >>>>>>> under for example Music, you will find all kinds of items that >>>>>>> should have been deleted. I wish there really was a way to truly >>>>>>> delete items, instead of them still taking up loads os space. >>>>>>> Dan >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > >
