Rename the trash can

Apr 09, '01 09:39:04AM

Contributed by: robg

If you find the word 'Trash', which appears when you mouse over the trash can in the dock, to be not quite what you want, it's easy to change. Open a terminal and type:

% cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
% sudo vi InfoPlist.strings
(don't type the % signs; those are the command-line prompt symbols)

This one-line file contains the name for the trash can. Change the name, save the file (in vi, use 'w!' to override the read-only warning), quit the dock (see the comments for a clean way to do this!), it will restart, and you'll have a new name on your trash.

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