Using and emptying Trash...

Question

I have a few questions about Trash that I can't find answers for (I hope this is the right place for this post).
I have many items in my Trash folder, and want to Securely Empty some, but not all of the files in Trash. Can I do this? Is there a way to either selectively delete the ones that I don't need to delete securely, or securely delete the ones that I want destroyed?
Is there a way to just delete files that have been in the trash for a certain amount of time, or can I only delete everything in there at once?
Finally, I put some Aperture files into Trash that I didn't mean to. How do I restore them to Aperture?
Thanks!

Answer 1

The only way to delete files is to empty Trash. Putting them in the Trash is not the same as deleting them. I recommend you put them in another folder and only put them in Trash when you really want to get rid of them (securely or not).
To put it bluntly, yes, you can only delete everything in the Trash at once.
And here's something to go with the title of your post, "Using and emptying Trash." The way I use it is I never keep things in it for more than a few minutes. Usually, it's seconds before I empty it. Most often, thought, it's less than a second.
As for your Aperture files question, I'm afraid there's no was of restoring them, other than reimporting them into Aperture. But you should ask on the Aperture forums.
Cheers.
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