Mac OS 9 Trash Can Nostalgia
With my laptop’s small display, I have Dock-hiding always turned on – anyway the trash icon doesn’t show the file count and a quick Command-Option-D brings it back. Like many of you, I got used to the Trash Can on the Desktop with DragThing that I later replaced with Bin-it until the latter was also discontinued.
This repository is a placeholder for its public beta issues and feature requests.
New! TrashEye now has a BetterTouchTool Touch Bar companion trash can widget that, beyond showing the number of trashed items, allows you to open the local trash bin by touching the widget’s icon.
Download the widget (installation instructions in the zip file)
Yes, TrashEye is currently in public beta.
Yes, TrashEye is free while it's in beta.
- Sliding the switch to On in the Preferences window, displays a Trash icon in the bottom left corner of your Desktop
- A single click (left-click) on TrashEye's icon opens the Bin folder
- Right-clicking on the Trash Can opens a contextual menu
- To reposition the Trash on your Desktop click the Reposition Trash menu item. This action will reveal its background view, allowing you to grab it and move it to your liking
- "Force Empty Trash" deletes locked files. It auto-detects if Touch ID is enabled for sudo and adapts its strategy accordingly (see below for a Howto):
- Dragging items on to TrashEye's Desktop icon adds them to the trash
- Dragging installer volumes to TrashEye's Desktop icon ejects them
- Make it possible to resize trash icon
- Trash image should adapt to dark mode like the regular one in the dock
- Add slight transparency on red badge (see system preferences badge in Dock)
- The badge is clipping on its parent view when going from 1/0 or 0/1
- Offer a BetterTouchTool Touch Bar companion Trash Can widget
- Add a reset option to move the trash back to its default position
- Add a general Restore Default Settings option
- Add radio buttons allowing to precisely position the trash in the screen corners and keep that position even through screen resolution changes
- Count hidden trashed files option
- Add a separate general Keyboard Shortcut to open Preferences window
- Open Trash and Empty Trash as menu bar items
- Add an option to double-click to open Trash instead of a single click
- 10000 will also clip (set to 10k+ when above 9999)
- Change menu bar icon according to empty/full trash can
- Add multiple icons to choose from
- Add option to disable count red badge
- Add global shortcut to show trash content before emptying
Mac computer with an Apple silicon or Intel processor (macOS 11.0 or newer)
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