If you decide you no longer want the Trash icon on your desktop, you can remove it by dragging the Trash folder to the actual Trash icon in the Dock. This will delete the symbolic link and remove the ...

OK, so from what we’ve gathered, it is highly possible that why you’re not seeing the trash icon is due to switching in modes. Whenever the software is no longer in Mouse Mode and has gone into Touch ...

There are two states of the Recycle Bin – one is the Recycle Bin with deleted items, and the other is the empty Recycle Bin. Both states of Recycle Bin have a different set of icons. In this post, we ...

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The Recycle Bin has been a staple of Windows since its debut in Windows 95. Apart from the regular visible overhauls of the Recycle Bin icon, the feature has remained largely unchanged throughout the ...

The new Mac Pro is finally here, and considering the fact that it looks exactly like a trash can, what better way to celebrate its release than to replace your Mac’s current trash icon with Apple’s ...

When you drag files or folders to the Trash icon in the Dock, OS X doesn’t delete them immediately. Just as you can pull something out of a physical trash can before the garbage collector arrives, you ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Windows fans have complained about Microsoft’s use of iconography for ...

Suitcase blocks application launching? Several readers have reported that certain applications will not launch after installing Suitcase 10.1. These have included Freehand 10, Netscape 6.2 and ...