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davrosG5

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Secure Empty Trash

So I deleted a file (one file in the trash can) using Secure Empty Trash.
Why, when there was only one file in there did it report it was deleting 5 files?
Managed to reproduce it twice.

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steve74

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Re: Secure Empty Trash

I believe a secure empty of the trash overwrites the blocks the file occupies on the hard drive multiple times - possibly 3 times, but don't quote me on that. That could explain why it says it's deleting more files, it's just overwriting the blocks multiple times.

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Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:45 pm

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Re: Secure Empty Trash

Excuse the noobyness ,what key combo is secure empty trash might work for a client of mine .

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Re: Secure Empty Trash


	lacloss wrote: Excuse the noobyness ,what key combo is secure empty trash might work for a client of mine .

I don't think it has a key combo, you go under the "Finder" menu at the top and select "Secure Empty Trash" - just under the standard "Empty Trash" option.

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