USB pen .Trash folder

[JDN]

So apparently on a mac when you delete something from a USB stick it goes to a .Trash folder and even though it is deleted, it is still taking up room. I have my stick formatted to FAT32 for use between PC and mac. On a PC i see the .Trash folder and can delete thing permenantly, on my mac i cant, so have to formatt the USB pen every few days. This is becomong increasingly more frustraiting. Can anyone help?

 

[beige matchbox]

empty the trash 😱

no really, with the drive connected and mounted empty your trash 😀 it wont delete the .trash folder, but it will empty it 🙂

 

[blodwyn]

So apparently on a mac when you delete something from a USB stick it goes to a .Trash folder and even though it is deleted, it is still taking up room. I have my stick formatted to FAT32 for use between PC and mac. On a PC i see the .Trash folder and can delete thing permenantly, on my mac i cant, so have to formatt the USB pen every few days. This is becomong increasingly more frustraiting. Can anyone help?

You can use BlueHarvest to do this automatically for you