[MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Marta Edie
1.Is there a way to partially empty the trash? 2. Is there a way to find all your old Apple files together and convert them in one swoosh into newer ones, so I don't have to go through the converting process should i want to open a file, which is rare, but it does happen. Marta _

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Ed Wiser
[mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:37 AM To: Macintosh topics Subject: [MacGroup] trash emptying 1.Is there a way to partially empty the trash? 2. Is there a way to find all your old Apple files together and convert them in one

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Bill Holt
Re Q 1 No, I think. The procedure Ed described empties the trash, but not selectively. But my system is 10.4.11, so maybe that's changed? Bill Holt On Sep 2, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Marta Edie wrote: 1.Is there a way to partially empty the trash? 2. Is there a way to find all your o

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Marta Edie
You are right, Bill, I am not able to delete just the items highlighted. I tried , but failed Marta On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:58 am, Bill Holt wrote: Re Q 1 No, I think. The procedure Ed described empties the trash, but not selectively. But my system is 10.4.11, so maybe that's chang

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread John Stone
You could take everything out of the trash except what you want to delete, then delete the item(s). John On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > You are right, Bill, I am not able to delete just the items highlighted. I > tried , but failed > *Marta* > > > > > On Sep 2, 2009, at 1

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Marta Edie
Yes, I know, but that is exactly what I wanted to avoid, since I can't remember what many of them are. Incidentally, thanks for sending me the basic set-up on Insight, I had my husband check it, but as I understand, he wants 55 and a couple of other channels, and they are in classic. You ca

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread John Stone
I'd be afraid the screen would burn in... But don't quote me on that! John On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > Yes, I know, but that is exactly what I wanted to avoid, since I can't > remember what many of them are. > Incidentally, thanks for sending me the basic set-up on Insig

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Marta Edie
But some people seem to watch TV day and night? Maybe they have to buy more often. Ours was a store model from a now non=existing store and at least from before 1988, since we had it when I retired! Can you believe we are both that old? Marta On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:47 am, John Stone wrot

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Ed Wiser
Subject: Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying You are right, Bill, I am not able to delete just the items highlighted. I tried , but failed Marta On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:58 am, Bill Holt wrote: Re Q 1 No, I think. The procedure Ed described empties the trash, but not selectively. But my system

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Robert Kersting
You can always lock the items you want to keep. When the warning comes up, just click Continue. Or, better, still, drag them out of the trash into another folder. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > 1.Is there a way to partially empty the trash? > 2. Is there a way to find all your

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Marta Edie
People, thanks for all your efforts. The question why I asked was that I had that enormous amount in one of my oldest computers, not even knowing what all these leftovers were. So to at least get rid of the stuff I knew, I thought I would get the thing down to size, so I could see what all

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread Robert Kersting
Excellent plan. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > People, thanks for all your efforts. The question why I asked was that I had > that enormous amount in one of my oldest computers, not even knowing what > all these leftovers were. So to at least get rid of the stuff I knew, I > t

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-02 Thread R. D. Preston
How much disk space did you gain after deleting those [dusty] files? --russ On Sep 2, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Marta Edie wrote: People, thanks for all your efforts. The question why I asked was that I had that enormous amount in one of my oldest computers, not even knowing what all these leftover

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Marta Edie
Oh, Russ, you are kidding! Neither did I look before, nor after the fact. I am just cleaning house. And this old titanium still had stuff from yesteryear in it, having had everything dumped on it from my old 6400 and I was curious. But now I shall look how much space I actually have left. T

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Neal Hammon
Marta: I'm happy to see that you finally got rid of your old files. Me, I just can not seem to do it. I still have the digital text of books I wrote in the 1990's, and articles I wrote in the 1770's. Once in a while I even open these files and copy some of the information. Even when I make

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Ed Wiser
1770's :) -Original Message- From: macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Neal Hammon Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:50 AM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup]

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Marta Edie
mmon Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:50 AM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying Marta: I'm happy to see that you finally got rid of your old files. Me, I just can not seem to do it. I still have the digital text of books I wrote in

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Ed Wiser
8:45 AM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying Now Ed, don't you realize some of us have lived loner than you? Marta On Sep 3, 2009, at 08:32 am, Ed Wiser wrote: 1770's :) -Original Message- From

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Marta Edie
Yes, I keep wondering why I am such a pack rat, even with my files. I guess it is the war experience. Would you believe I still have color pencils,water colors, composition books and rulers from my school days? Don't mention all my drawings,poems that I copied by hand,my mother's tablet whe

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Neal Hammon
Marta: Three of my books were still available via the internet, the last time I looked. My Father Daniel Boone, Virginia's Western War, and Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks. Early Kentucky Land Records is now out of print, and hard to come by. I heard that a copy brought $650

Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying

2009-09-03 Thread Neal Hammon
ammon Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:50 AM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup] trash emptying Marta: I'm happy to see that you finally got rid of your old files. Me, I just can not seem to do it. I still have the digital text of books I wrote in