Is there any way to avoid this?
Empty the Trash.
how do you format a thumb drive on a mac?
With the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder.
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Is there any way to avoid this?
how do you format a thumb drive on a mac?
J D Mcininch: When you "Empty Trash", the computer will locate the hidden directory on all the attached drives / devices and remove the files from them.
am I wrong in thinking emptying the trash doesn't empty it on all connected drives?
I have found I need to be booted from my external (clone) to empty its trash.
The reason is that there can be _two separate hidden folders_ specific for each user on a bootable volume. When you move an item on your startup disk to the Trash, it goes into a hidden folder named .Trash in your home directory. Files on external volumes that are trashed are stored separately, in a hidden .Trashes folder at the root level of each external drive.
Niel wrote:
The Trash folder on a volume which contains the currently in use home folder is ~/.Trash. The Trash folder on a volume which doesn't contain the currently in use home folder is /Volumes/volumename/.Trashes/501 or other number. The number is equal to the account's numeric UID.
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How to format a thumb/flash drive on a mac?