Practical Tips in plain language — how to use your Mac, iPad, iPhone or iPod.

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Command drag files to move them between drives

Lack of the green + symbol shows the file is being moved not copied.

By default the Mac copies a file if you drag it from one drive to another. If you don’t want to keep the original though, hold down the Command key to move the file instead.

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Have an Assistant Empty the Trash

Hazel is an application that can help with annoying clean-up tasks on your Mac, such as emptying the Trash after a delay. Here’s how Hazel works.

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Did you empty the Trash?

Trashing a file doesn’t remove it from your computer, thumb drive or external drive. You need to remember to empty the Trash too. And what about securely deleting files? Here’s how it works.

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