it's not too late to get appple care for your nano. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:30 PM Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library
Hey Dan - if the next step brings enlightenment, can you keep me posted? I didn't take out apple care *kicks himself* On 10/9/08, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > I guess that's my next step. > Dan > On Oct 8, 2008, at 4:06 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> can you have apple care help you look into this? >> >> ----- 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: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:40 PM >> Subject: Re: Deleting items from iTunes Library >> >> >> Hello, >> I have seen this problem on another one of my Macs as well and I have >> no idea what to do. >> Other than manually removing files after they've been removed from the >> library and supposedly put in trash, I just manually remove them >> through finder and then delete the trash. >> In other words, it's a rather unnecessary bother. >> Dan >> On Oct 8, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
