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Mylstar
Apr 17, 2003, 05:35 PM
I'm a "switcher" and just realized that moving an icon to the trash deletes the whole program! Yikes!!! I already emptied my trash and now my calculator is gone since the icon was in there. Any chance I can get calc back?

Thanks for any help.


Catfish_Man
Apr 17, 2003, 05:54 PM
Yeah, there are a couple ways. The easiest is to send me a private message with your email address, and I'll send it to you.

The OSX calculator program isn't that great though (how the heck did they manage to write a slow calculator?). There are plenty of shareware/freeware ones if you look around.
ibookin'
Apr 17, 2003, 08:57 PM
Originally posted by Catfish_Man
The OSX calculator program isn't that great though (how the heck did they manage to write a slow calculator?). There are plenty of shareware/freeware ones if you look around.

One word: iCandy

Personally, I use PCalc. It is much faster than Calculator and does a lot more advanced math. Also does binary/hex/dec conversions, which is nice for checking my answers in CS class.
springscansing
Apr 17, 2003, 10:42 PM
Originally posted by Mylstar
I'm a "switcher" and just realized that moving an icon to the trash deletes the whole program! Yikes!!! I already emptied my trash and now my calculator is gone since the icon was in there. Any chance I can get calc back?

Thanks for any help.

Just curious.. what else did you expect to do when you moved the program to the trash?

If you thought it was a shortcut (called 'aliases' on a mac), it will have an arrow on the bottom-left side of it to indicate that. If not, its the original.
Mylstar
Apr 18, 2003, 12:49 AM
I was a Windoze user for 10 + years and when you move an icon to the trash, it's just that....only putting the icon in the trash. I'm still new to Mac, about 7 months now.
comrade
Apr 18, 2003, 01:38 AM
Wouldn't it still be in the trash until you emptied it?
idkew
Apr 18, 2003, 02:00 AM
Originally posted by Mylstar
I was a Windoze user for 10 + years and when you move an icon to the trash, it's just that....only putting the icon in the trash. I'm still new to Mac, about 7 months now.

what a crappy os.... i hope you enjoy your switch. you will find apple much more intuitive.
backspinner
Apr 18, 2003, 06:14 AM
I just did buy pcalc from http://www.pcalc.com/, and it's indeed a far better calculator for a tech person.
Nokomis
Feb 14, 2011, 08:45 AM
Yeah, there are a couple ways. The easiest is to send me a private message with your email address, and I'll send it to you.

The OSX calculator program isn't that great though (how the heck did they manage to write a slow calculator?). There are plenty of shareware/freeware ones if you look around.

I just read this old Post..but it is my problem now!
I had the calculator app. but the second user on my Mac suddenly lost it. When I tried to get it over to him, I lost mine.
(I find the Mac to be extremely sensitive. Leaves no room for the slightest error!)
I did look at other sites for assistance and they recommended going to PACIFIST. That, too, is missing from the Utilities folder.
I don't have the disk for Snow Leopard (it was installed at the store.)
Is there a way to get the app. back? (I don't know much about computers!)
I hate to call the Techs., because I feel so "stupid" when they ask me questions.
I feel lost without that calculator. I'm not crazy about the appearance of the one in Widgets.
Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me.