When you release the mouse button, the Trash icon bulges to show that
something is inside it.
3. To erase the item in the Trash, choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.
Getting information about files, folders, and disks
The Macintosh provides easy access to details about the files, folders, and
disks it manages. In addition to the Find File desk accessory described
earlier in this chapter, you have two ways of getting this information
quickly:
- The View menu, available from the desktop, offers several different views
of disk or folder content.
- The Get Info command, also available from the desktop, presents details
about individual icons.
Displaying items by icon, name, date, size, or kind
When you are working on the desktop, you can use the View menu to display the
icons in a directory window according to name, date, size, or kind, or by
icon or small icon.
Icon views (by Small Icon and by Icon) are useful in directory windows that
contain only a few icons. (You can view them all easily and don't really need
them sorted.) The other view options (by Name, Date, Size, and Kind) are
useful when you have many icons in a single window and you want them sorted
in a logical order. When that is the case, you can use the View menu to sort
the icons in the active directory window as described here:
- Choose the view you want from the View menu.
The view in the active window changes to the format you chose from the View
menu. When the View menu is open, a check mark indicates the view currently
visible in the active window.
Getting information about an icon
The Get Info command displays information about a single item on the desktop
or in an open window.
1. Select the icon about which you want information.
2. Choose Get Info from the File menu.
The Info window appears, displaying information about the selected icon. This
window also includes a text box where you can type in your own notes.
3. Click the Info window's close box when you are finished.
Get Info shortcut: You can use the keyboard shortcut x-I to display
information about the selected item.
Other uses for the Info window: You can also use the Info window to change
the memory allocation for a program or to lock the contents of a file.
• "Changing the Memory Allocation for a Program" in Chapter 11
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