Mac OS X: Two trashes are better than one!
This is a blog article about how Mac's Trash can is a one size fits all and some files need to be more completely deleted.
He recommends using an Apple Script to deal with a second trash that does multiple write over to make sure it is truly gone.
He says, "With a little AppleScript magic, it’s quite simple to set up a second trash that accepts only sensitive data. Files, folders, and anything else you copy or move into it is immediately deleted securely, leaving your system default Trash for the mundane files like Aunt Polly’s pictures of her poodles."
He provides the method step by step. Starting with calling a folder on the desktop "Incinerator" to "burn" the trashed files.
He goes on to show you how to create the Applescript that is necessary to do the work.
This of course includes enabling folder actions for the Incinerator.
He is licensing this utility under the GNU Public License (GPL) so we are free to modify it to suit our needs.
See the details here.
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