New to Mac. I'm left handed and dragging items to the trash can is tedious. Start and stop/shift/lose/start over. I would like to move my trash can to the left side of the dock. That's my only issue with the dock. How can I move it into the left side of the dock? Even center would be easier than all the way to the right.
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Windows, Windows 6
If you go into Dock Settings, I believe you can select placing the Dock on the left side of the screen. This would place the Trash in the lower left corner. It would also make all the Dock items sit on the left side.
Alternatively, you can move items to the Trash by right clicking (control-click) and selecting move to Trash (or eject for an external drive). That is actually faster than dragging things.
I guess this is ultimately about personal preferences. I don't see what left or right handedness has to do with this. There are multiple items on the left side of the screen (Finder icon in the Dock; Favorites; Locations; Sidebar; various Menu items) and those of us who are right handed don't have issues with that. I guess it is the dragging that you find inconvenient, which I can certainly understand, but Control-click (right click) might minimize the dragging that you need to do, or even eliminate it.
If you go into Dock Settings, I believe you can select placing the Dock on the left side of the screen. This would place the Trash in the lower left corner. It would also make all the Dock items sit on the left side.
Alternatively, you can move items to the Trash by right clicking (control-click) and selecting move to Trash (or eject for an external drive). That is actually faster than dragging things.
I guess this is ultimately about personal preferences. I don't see what left or right handedness has to do with this. There are multiple items on the left side of the screen (Finder icon in the Dock; Favorites; Locations; Sidebar; various Menu items) and those of us who are right handed don't have issues with that. I guess it is the dragging that you find inconvenient, which I can certainly understand, but Control-click (right click) might minimize the dragging that you need to do, or even eliminate it.
In Finder, I use Command-Delete to delete a file. No dragging.
sorry, no. the position of the trash can cannot be relocated.
and, as a fellow leftie, I feel your pain. :)
You could move the Dock to the left side of the window and the Trash would be at the bottom like I have it on the right:
How to move tool icons to the left side of the dock (Left handed user)
