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Permanently deleting files on Mac OS

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Mar 15, 202647395 views
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Problem

A while back, as relatively new Mac OS X user, I was surprised to learn that you cannot easily delete files. Directly, that is, without moving them to the trash first. On Windows and Linux this can obviously be done with ease, but not so on the Mac. I noticed this when trying clear up files from a …

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Fix for: Permanently deleting files on Mac OS

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Since so many people seem to want it, I just created a Service to do this, for Snow Leopard, called Delete Immediately. It shows up in the Services menu and the context menu in Finder. You can download it from GitHub. Uncompress the archive and move…

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