I'm really thankful for this forum, especially this Mac Basics and Help section. I got my first Mac three months ago, and there are definitely challenges in learing how to use it. Sometimes I feel like I'm a computer newbie.
There's something interesting going on with my trash contents. My habit in the past has always been to empty the trash as soon as I put something there. I'm not sure if that's the smartest thing to do, but I've always done it that ways. There's something unpleasant about an overflowing trash can...
Anyway...sometimes when I empty the trash (usually without looking at the contents) it shows as many as 1800 items which need to be removed. Now I KNOW I haven't put that much in, so where does this stuff come from? I'm thinking maybe some kind of routine maintenance procedure that happens when my computer is sleeping. It takes a long time to delete and so far it's been the only time I've heard fan noise on my Macbook Pro. Any ideas?
There's something interesting going on with my trash contents. My habit in the past has always been to empty the trash as soon as I put something there. I'm not sure if that's the smartest thing to do, but I've always done it that ways. There's something unpleasant about an overflowing trash can...
Anyway...sometimes when I empty the trash (usually without looking at the contents) it shows as many as 1800 items which need to be removed. Now I KNOW I haven't put that much in, so where does this stuff come from? I'm thinking maybe some kind of routine maintenance procedure that happens when my computer is sleeping. It takes a long time to delete and so far it's been the only time I've heard fan noise on my Macbook Pro. Any ideas?
