Did you ever suddenly notice you've got 3GB of stuff in your trash can? Did you ever regret deleting something a little too quickly because you've gotten into the habit of emptying the trash immediately so as not to accumulate 3GB of stuff in your trash can?
Since 1984, Mac users have been placing files they don't want any more in the trash. Initially, the trash would empty itself when certain user actions occured, like launching an application, but in the early 1990s it became a form of persistent storage emptied only under explicit command of the user. That's very handy, because it lets you have second thoughts. Since then, and as disks have grown, it's been possible for people to accumulate huge amounts of data in the trash. Some people don't realize how much space is being used there; others are aware of the potential accumulation and have given up the "oops" recovery benefit trying to prevent it. Whichever group someone falls into, emptying the trash continues to be an all-or-nothing deal; whatever is in there will be deleted when the trash is emptied. Both of these realities are inconvenient.
Compost enhances the Mac OS X trash can with the following features:
Global and Per-Volume SettingsCompost requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher. That's it.
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Compost 1.2 received a 3.5-mouse rating from MacWorld in their November 2004 issue. |
| MacObserver also seems to like it. | |
Compost is temporarily unavailable pending some significant changes for the next release.
Last Update: 2004-04-15 (Release of 1.6)