simple external HD quesiton

[jameswilcox]

is there a certain format to have on my external HD (when formatting) to make it push files to the trash when deleting instead of "permanently deleting" files?

i have 3 external drives. 2 of them are OSX Extended Journaled (case sensitive) and 1 is just Journaled (not case sensitive)

the 2 that are case sensitive will move files to the trash upon deleting a file and the other does not. Now logically this would tell me to re-format the non case sensitive drive to case sensitive but before i go though the daunting task of backing everything up, moving files etc etc. i just wanted to check and see if anyone can tell me 100% this is my issue.
thanks ahead of time...

sorry if this post is in the wrong area i didn't see anything for external drive support.

 

[Weaselboy]

A non-case sensitive OS X Extended (Journaled) formatted external drive does use the trash function, so you have something else going on.

 

[jameswilcox]

answered my own question and its YES!

so for anyone else out there. when your formatting your external HD on a mac use "OS X Extended (case sensitive, Journaled). this will allow you to delete files and have them moved to the trash instead of them being permanently deleted.
Cheers!

 

[jameswilcox]

A non-case sensitive OS X Extended (Journaled) formatted external drive does use the trash function, so you have something else going on.

not sure what it is but I formatted another drive i have to "case sensitive" and it worked fine... so i'm re-formating everything now.

 

[Weaselboy]

answered my own question and its YES!

so for anyone else out there. when your formatting your external HD on a mac use "OS X Extended (case sensitive, Journaled). this will allow you to delete files and have them moved to the trash instead of them being permanently deleted.
Cheers!

Like I said, you have something else going on. Before my previous post I tested on a USB key by formatting to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (non-case sensitive) and deleted files go into the trash as expected.