{"id":33379,"date":"2021-08-18T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:50:08","slug":"the-macs-magic-shortcut-to-trashing-files-and-photos-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/the-macs-magic-shortcut-to-trashing-files-and-photos-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mac\u2019s Magic Shortcut to Trashing Files and Photos Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, you could select a file in the Finder and choose File &gt; Move to Trash or drag it to the Trash in the Dock. Similarly, you can trash selected photos in Apple\u2019s Photos app by choosing Image &gt; Delete <i>X<\/i> Photos, or by pressing the Delete key, but both of those methods result in a dialog asking if you\u2019re sure. The easiest way of trashing a file in the Finder or a picture in Photos is to select it and press <strong>Command + Delete<\/strong>. Poof, it\u2019s in the Trash (Finder) or Recently Deleted album (Photos), with no extra effort or prompts! And if you accidentally trash the wrong thing, just press <strong>Command + Z<\/strong> to restore it. Keep this key combination in mind for other apps too, since they may also support it as a shortcut for \u201cdelete without prompting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8651 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-macs-magic-shortcut-to-trashing-files-and-photos-quickly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"305\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/305;\"><\/p>\n<p>(Featured image by iStock.com\/YurolaitsAlbert)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, you could select a file in the Finder and choose File &gt; Move to Trash or drag it to the Trash in the Dock. Similarly, you can trash selected photos in Apple\u2019s Photos app by choosing Image &gt; Delete X Photos, or by pressing the Delete key, but both of those methods result in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,64,5,60,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-keyboard-shortcut","category-mac","category-productivity","category-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-macs-magic-shortcut-to-trashing-files-and-photos-quickly.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-8Gn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26588,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/trash-files-instantly-from-the-keyboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":33379,"position":0},"title":"Trash Files Instantly from the Keyboard","author":"computeradv","date":"May 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Every Mac user knows that you drag files or folders you want to delete to the Trash icon in the Dock. 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