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Show deleted files greyed out in the Finder which are still available in the Trash Bin
After having removed the wrong file, e.g. because they only have a different number at the end, just different file extensions or the preview pictures are similar, it is difficult to recover that particular one because in the Trash Bin the deleted files look similar as well if multiple files of this kind have already been removed before.
Entering a quick "TimeMachine" like mode e.g. by pressing CMD shows the recently removed files which are still available in the Trash Bin greyed out with option buttons to the very left or right hand side: recover, delete permanently, and maybe even more like delete securely
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Discussion (4 comments)
This is not a quirk, but a feature suggestion.
I put someting in the trash because I don't want to see it, having it greyed out would annoy me and make me delete it forever, defeating the point of having the trash can to begin with.
Another suggestion of making the trash can remember the deleted item's original location is a much better idea if you want to make it easier to recover files
If you delete /Users/user/a.txt, then it should be shown as ~/.Trash/Users/user/a.txt in the trash. This would allow you to distinguish /Users/a/a.txt from /Users/b/a.txt in the trash can.
abitgone wrote on August 26, 2008, 7:30am
This would break the 'trash can' user interface paradigm. You drag something to the trash, only for it to be 'greyed out'.