How to tell where an item in the Trash came from?
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The Mac OS X 10.6 Trash shows an option "Put back" for files that were trashed after installing 10.6. However, it does not show where the file will be put back to. So: using Finder, is there any way to tell where a trashed item came from? (I know the original locations are stored in , so if I reall…
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~/.Trash/.DS_Store
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I saw this problem and was intrigued. I ended up writing a quick Foundation tool based on this function and wrapped it in an AppleScript application. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/896591/PathForTrashItem.zip Stick it in your toolbar and it should tell …
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