A quick method of calcuating the size of the trash

Jul 16, '03 10:49:00AM

Contributed by: jpalm77

I have seen a few hints and some very clever AppleScripts regarding this issue. But none seem to take advantage of OS X's ability to quickly calculate the total size of a selection of files.

When I need to quickly check how much is lurking in the Trash, I simply open the Trash, selected all the files, do Get Info (just hit Command-I) on the selection, and POW! The multiple item info window spits out the number of files, folders, items and best of all, the total size of the Trash. You can, of course, do this in any folder, or with any selection of files or folders, too.

This isn't the most flexible method in the world, and it won't show you a breakdown of which items are from which partition on your hard drive. But it's a nice quick way of knowing how much is waiting to get the boot, and it's faster than running a script or a third-party app!

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