Ok, maybe that’s a bit melodramatic. But based on user comments sent via email, Trash It! is a lifesaver for many people. What does it do exactly? Simply speaking, if you have items in the trash or anywhere on your computer that just refuse to be deleted, Trash It! takes care of the problem quickly and easily. Keep in mind we developed Trash It! for deleting stuck items, or deleting items using enhanced overwriting security measures (for sensitive items you don’t want recovered!). It should not be used as a trash can replacement as that would be like shooting a mouse with an elephant gun. Plus, we like mice. You can get it here.

Then you need to download Hack to the Past II. This simple AppleScript will swap the keyboard shortcuts for New Folder and New Finder Window as they were for decades in pre-OS X. If you decide later you want to go back, just run the script again. Works with all versions of OS X’s Finder, and it keeps these settings through OS X updates and upgrades. This is one of NoName’s more popular scripts. You can get it here

In the June 2007 issue of Mac | Life, Cache Out X (COX) received an honorable mention as a ‘shareware pick’ for getting rid of caches, cleaning up hidden files, and more. Though COX is donationware, it’s free to use, free to keep, and well, just plain free. Though if you’d like to make a donation (always welcome!) to its current parent, Jim Mitchell, author of the astounding YASU, you’ll receive lots of good karma and help reduce global warming! Ok, it won’t reduce global warming, but the good karma is true. At least that’s the general consensus of many scientists across the globe. Wait, that’s global warming again! Sorry!Now if you’re wondering why NoName Scriptware is hyping COX, some may remember that it began and germinated here before Jim Mitchell kindly adopted my lonely baby, added cool stuff, great features, stability, tested and made available three versions for the last three releases of OS X (download here!), and is quite honestly a very nice guy, family man, friend, and father. Below you can see a portion of that Mac | Life column in case you didn’t get your June 2007 issue yet!

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