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Hacking
the Trash
As
seen in MacAddict
Magazine
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The
Hack: Your Trash Can
String arrays supply a bundle of hacking
opportunities. By editing the string array for the Mac's
Trash, you can rename the can, spice up related menu
commands, and dilute the alert to sound less menacing.
Here's how:
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Create a copy of the Finder and open it with
Resorcerer. Then select the STR# array with the ID
4700.
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Open the string array and you'll see a long list of
strings, all having to do with the Trash.
Select ID #1 from the list
(double-click) or edit.
Replace "Trash" with "Garbage".
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Change string ID #10 and #11 from Empty Trash
to Eat Garbage.
Also change ID #20 from "The
System Folder cannot be put in the Trash, because
it contains the active system software" to "Stop
it! Don't ever put the System Folder in the trash!
Bad doggy!"
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4. Save your changes,
drag your original Finder out of the System Folder,
rename the Finder copy to Finder (it should still
be in the System Folder), and restart your machine.
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After your Mac reboots, the Trash icon
will be rechristened Garbage, the Special menu will invite
you to Eat Garbage instead of Empty Trash, and if you drag
your System Folder to the Garbage, the Finder will slap you
with a newspaper and call you a bad doggy!
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Create a copy of the Finder and open it with
Resorcerer. Then select the STR# array with the ID
4700.
3.
Change string ID #10 and #11 from Empty Trash
to Eat Garbage.