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Deleting files from an external drive in lion 10.7.3

Why when i delete a file from an external drive the file bypass the trash can an gets deleted ?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 4 gigs of ram

Posted on Jun 26, 2012 9:52 AM

33 replies

Jun 29, 2012 7:41 PM in response to Shootist007

If it was in my power to have you removed for this site I would without hesitation.

I think you need to read this again.

https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/tou.html

Shootist007

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Jun 29, 2012 7:42 PM in response to Community User

Whatever.

Aug 17, 2012 9:49 AM in response to macjack

I've searched the web on this issue and now accept that macjack is right; this behavior is by design. I have not found any way to change this behavior. My setup is slighly different though...

I have an external drive connected to my Mac Mini running Mountain Lion (not just shared off an airport) and share it out to users on my network. That shared external dirve is where we all keep our files so we can access them from any machine on the network.

My question is this: If I upgrade that Mac Mini to OS X Mountain Lion SERVER, will that give me an option to change that "deleted imediately" behavior?

Deleting files from an external drive in lion 10.7.3