Emily:
PC's work differently. The file is removed right away - i.e., marked
as deleted and the space becomes available immediately.
On the MAC, the file gets marked somehow and flagged as hidden and
the space in not immediately available.
This really causes problems when you delete a file while the drive in
on a MAC and then try to use the space while attached to a PC.
Just one of those quirks.
James
At 09:48 AM 6/6/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Remember, also, that if you have put a file from the external drive
into the trash those items are not actually removed from the card,
or thumb drive, for that matter. Until you empty the trash, the
item remains on the card since the thing in the trash is really only
an alias to the actual file.
I assume PCs work similarly, but I don't do Microsoft.
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Emily L. Ferguson
James Schenken
