Permanently deleting old files Ive put in trash.

I know that some files will leave bits and pieces around after I have put them in the trash and clicked "empty trash". How do I permanently delete these files? I know there is some sort of application to do it, and I would like for my computer to run better, and I dont see why the "10 things I hate about you" movie ive already deleted and put on my ipod is still hurting my comp. Thank you very much.

Once you delete something it's gone ...at least as far as the system is concerned. You can use 'Secure Empty Trash' from the Finder drop-down menu to more thoroughly delete something. If an item is still lingering around ...perhaps you only deleted a part of it and it may have extra files in other locations.
This app may help...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31123

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You are right. Pardon me. The majority of the music that I was trying to delete off my external hard drive was in a separate folder (on the external hard drive), not in the directory specified in my iTunes preference settings.
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This should also be a lesson to those who believe a one step delete function (from iTunes library and actual music file) is not possible when the music files are stored on an external hard drive (or other storage medium for that matter). I have read a host of other forums who say a one step delete function is not possible without additional software.. Perhaps these posts were from the authors of the software trying to make a $.
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'* Version:               1.0
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user589812 wrote:
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