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Surely there must be a short cut key to delete a file rather than right clicking the mouse then selecting move to trash then clicking.
I can't find a solution that works.
OMG PLEASE HELP ME
I have arthritis.
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Click on the file icon. Then, press command+delete. This delete key is directly below the eject key on Apple aluminum keyboards. If you are using a PC keyboard, then the combination of alt+backspace may do the job.
Click on the file icon. Then, press command+delete. This delete key is directly below the eject key on Apple aluminum keyboards. If you are using a PC keyboard, then the combination of alt+backspace may do the job.
For a PC keyboards command+backspace does the trick.
You got me thinking, thank you.
Apple OS X Keyboard Shortcuts (HT1343). There are links there to creating your own shortcuts, too, which can help if some particular chord is difficult for you.
The keys and keyswitches on some of the PC keyboards I've worked with have been atrocious. The Apple keyboards are decent. Going to keyboards with the better-grade Cherry keyswitches can sometimes help, too. There are various PC and Mac keyboards around with those. There are also ergonomic keyboards which can help.
If you are using your Apple keyboard in Mac OS X then "command+delete" will delete the selected file(s).
If you are using you Apple keyboard in Windows environment then "fn+delete" will delete the selected file(s).
As far as I can tell, "command+delete" only moves the file to the Trash. It doesn't delete the file in one step (bypassing the Trash).
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