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Snow Leopard Adds Minor Often Requested Tweaks: Put Back, Stack Folder Navigation

With the absence of major new user interface features in Snow Leopard, we're left discussing some rather minor (though frequently requested) tweaks found in the latest developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.

Put Back - Under Mac OS 9, users had the option to restore any "Trash"ed files (before the Trash is emptied) back to their original locations with a simple "Put Away" command. For some reason, this capability was lost in the transition to Mac OS X. In the latest Snow Leopard builds, it's back (as "Put Back"). So any accidental disposals can now easily be restored with a simple click. Again, this only works for files that have been moved to the Trash but not yet "emptied" (deleted).

Stacks Folder Navigation - The introduction of the "Stacks" metaphor in Mac OS 10.5 was met with mixed reactions. One issue with Stacks has been the inability to "drill down" into additional folders. In Leopard, clicking on a folder in Stacks simply opened that folder in the Finder.


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According to those familiar with the latest developer build, clicking on a folder in Stacks smoothly opens the new folder in Stacks while shrinking the parent window as a small icon on the top left. This allows you to quickly navigate in and out of folders in Stacks.

Snow Leopard is Apple's next major revision to Mac OS X. It is officially due sometime in 2009 and is said to be focusing on stability and performance enhancements.

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39 months ago
Let it Snow! Snow Leopard can't get here fast enough. Looking forward to the release date!
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39 months ago

Put Back - Under Mac OS 9, users had the option to restore any "Trash"ed files back to their original locations with a simple "Put Back" command. For some reason, this capability was lost in the transition to Mac OS X. In the latest Snow Leopard builds, it's back. So any accidental disposals can now easily be restored with a simple click.


WOW. This is big. Chalk up one less thing that Windows users can complain about!
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39 months ago
This is interesting. But I really do not want someone going back through my trash to find something I wanted to be destroyed.
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39 months ago

This is interesting. But I really do not want someone going back through my trash to find something I wanted to be destroyed.


I got something out of my trash the other day.
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39 months ago
Snow Leopard looks to be shaping up quite nicely as a good upgrade over Leopard, lets hope they continue with the tweaks rather than trying for more flash.
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39 months ago

This is interesting. But I really do not want someone going back through my trash to find something I wanted to be destroyed.


This doesn't undelete. This is before your trash is "emptied". It just puts it in its previous location before you moved it to the trash.

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39 months ago
You can set the Trash to shred any files you delete. That's what I do.
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39 months ago
I like the restore function in trash. Sometimes you may not know where the file originally came from.
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39 months ago

This is interesting. But I really do not want someone going back through my trash to find something I wanted to be destroyed.


Ummm... They can do that now. They just can't easily put it back in it's original location, which I'm assuming isn't your largest concern.

Want to get rid of it? Finder==> Secure empty trash...

Same as always.
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39 months ago
Looking good!
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