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Preferences

TrashMe preferences can be displayed through the main menu of TrashMe.

General

Check for updates at startup
If you disable automatic updates, you can check for updates by clicking the button "Check Now" or by clicking the menu "Check for Updates ...".

Add TrashMe to the Finder contextual menu
Enable this setting to easily delete an application from the Finder (an item "TrashMe" will be added to the Finder contextual menu).

Deletion mode
Applications and their related files can be either moved to the Trash or deleted permanently (in that case, no undo operation available).

Protection

Protect default Mac OS X applications
If enabled, applications installed by Mac OS X (utilities, iLife, iTunes ...) can not be removed by TrashMe.

Protect opened applications
If enabled, opened applications can not be removed by TrashMe (because their removal might be partial).

Other applications to protect
Drag and drop the applications you want to protect or click the "+" to add them to the list.

Detection

Smart detection
Applications moved to the trash will be automatically detected, even if TrashMe is not running. See Smart detection topic.

Advanced

Save history log to file
Select this option to preserve the history between sessions.ns.

Display applications version number
Select this option to display the version number next to the name of the application.

Reset all settings
This will reset all your settings (and thus disable the Smart detection and the Debug mode).

Debug mode
This debug mode is for people facing problems with the Smart detection. A "TrashMeDebug.log" file will be created in your Documents folder. Please send this file to the developer : jib@jibapps.com.

Related topic

Smart detection