Unable to use put back in Trash folder

How can I restore a file to its original location. I thought "put back" would do that but it is greyed out? Why would that happen?

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2010 10:09 AM

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Apr 28, 2010 10:40 AM in response to Patricia W

How odd. When deleting a file by dragging it to the trash, no 'Put Back' facility appears. However, if I delete a file via Cmd+Delete, then the 'Put Back' facility does appear in the context menu. Can someone else try that please?

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Edit: Seems to have fixed itself. However, this might be a bug. Can someone else try to replicate this behaviour?

Apr 28, 2010 10:53 AM in response to macjack

If you merely right click on Trash you will not get the menu entry.


I was right clicking on the file itself. The option did not appear under the 'Action' button either. Having tried again it seems that Finder is a little selective in allowing multiple 'Put Backs'. I could recover 3 Pages files, but Finder only let me Put Back 1 JPEG file at a time!

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