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I autohide the dock when I get a new mac, and usually manage to forget it exists. Command-Tab to switch apps, Command-Space to open apps. Why would I want the
by kbutler 2y ago
I autohide the dock when I get a new mac, and usually manage to forget it exists.
Command-Tab to switch apps, Command-Space to open apps.
Why would I want the Dock?
- crazygringo 2y agoI suddenly realize the only thing I use the dock for is to right-click the trash to empty it. How do you empty the trash? It's never even occurred to me... how do you get to the trash except via the dock?
- fiddlerwoaroof 2y agoI empty the trash with command-shift-backspace. I use the dock icon to open it, but I think there’s an entry in the Go menu
- danaris 2y agoIt's in the File menu of the Finder, towards the bottom.
- aheckler 2y agoIIRC Finder has an option to delete files from the Trash 30 days after they're put there. I just enable that option and forget about the Trash completely.
- crazygringo 2y agoYou clearly aren't regularly deleting tens of gigabytes of files at a time... ;)
- kbutler 2y agoYou can generally permanently delete with one action - but be sure you want to! GUI: select item(s) and Option-Command-Delete Command-line: rm -rf folder-or-file-path (or srm to securely remove)
- crazygringo 2y agoReplying to myself: Good news: there's a command under the Finder menu (to the left of File) "Empty Trash..." Bad news: there's no obvious easy way to view the contents of the Trash before emptying it, without clicking on it in the dock. It's not under "Go", you can't add it to the sidebar either with Settings or by dragging it, and various instructions to navigate to "~/.Trash" don't work in Sequoia. Good news: But you can add it to the sidebar by opening the Trash and using File > Add to Sidebar. And it shows up with its nice custom trash icon.
- nottorp 2y agoI have all popup and sound notifications off and from time to time i check the unread message count badges on the dock icons :)