To get rid of those photos that you thought you deleted but are still taking up your precious hard drive space, follow the directions below.
- Open iPhoto.
- Click the iPhoto menu in the menu bar and click Empty iPhoto Trash.
- Watch as you get back the gigabytes of space that those hundreds of pictures were taking up!
[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. This is one of those things that appears so obvious, but I know plenty of people who use Outlook on the PC who never think to empty its Recycle Bin, either. I always thought iPhoto was even more obtuse about that, since it's unlike most other Mac software that way.]

