OS X Daily:
The latest versions of OS X include a new ability to immediately delete a file or folder from the Mac, bypassing the Trash can. Essentially how the “Delete Immediately” feature works is by circumventing the Trash and rather than waiting for user action to remove the files, it just deletes the file(s) instantaneously from the Mac, making the delete immediately function faster than the typical manner of removing a file in OS X.
On your Mac, go to the Finder, click to bring up the File menu. Note the Move to Trash menu item.
Now hold down the option key. Notice that Move to Trash changes to Delete Immediately….
Careful with this one. There’s no undo.
Well yes. There’s an undo – just a cumbersome one that’s not guaranteed to work.
This ain’t for the likes of me. I have to retrieve something from Trash way too often.
I actually made a script to this from a tip I saw somewhere. basically does a sudo rm -r.
I did something similar to do a ln -s. 🙂
What does the smiley face do? : D
Doesn’t work if you right click and then hold down OPT button : They should made one for contextual menu.