thanks for the reminder about tinker tools. I'd forgotten about that app, have 
to go get it before I forget about it again!

Caitlyn

On 2012-05-30, at 7:59 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:

> There is a defaults command for doing this in the terminal. Or you could 
> download  the tintertool application.  In the finder area of that tool is a 
> checkbox to allow viewing of hidden files.  
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan C. Cohn
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> 
> 
> On May 28, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> SUbject says it. I am deleting files on a removable usb flash drive and 
>> unless I empty trash I don't gain disk space. I do not always want to empty 
>> trash since there are items I want to keep in the main trash and they get 
>> dumped also. In   windows I see some files .trashes that I can delete since 
>> I have the option to show hidden files turned on.
>> 
>> Can something similar be done in the mac?
>> 
>> THanks,
>> 
>> Ioana
>> 
>> Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online 
>> stores.
>> 
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