I've found a file in the trash, and want to identify the folder it came from. Is this possible? If I "Put Back" there doesn't seem to be any way to know where it goes.
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Hi Brenden,
Thanks for this response. I had not realized this behavior.
My challenge is that some items come from a shared Google Drive folder, and if I "Put Back" an item that really should stay in the trash, I could disrupt the workflow for my colleagues. There are hundreds of folders in the Google Drive, and several are similar, which makes it impossible to guess where an item in the Trash came from. When a colleague deletes something from the Google Drive, it ends up in my Trash (and presumably the Trash of everyone else sharing these folders). I'm curious to see what's being deleted without actually "Putting Back".
I'm very technical, so if the solution involves command line or automator that's fine with me.
Thanks,
-Bruce
Hi bruce2233,
If you use the Put Back option, it should open a new Finder window showing the file in its original location. You can either leave it there, use the Move to Trash command to put it back in the Trash, or drag it to a new location. For more info about working with files in the Trash, you may find the following article helpful:
OS X Mavericks: Remove files and folders from your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13765
Regards,
- Brenden
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