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Permanetly Delete Script (Skip Trash)

So I'm used to Shift+Delete in Windows, for skipping the Recycle Bin entierly. In OSX there is no such option built in, so I found this little script somewhere after a 5 minute Google search. Not sure where it was exactly, so if you know…

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@spalek83 Published 2009-12-08
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So I'm used to Shift+Delete in Windows, for skipping the Recycle Bin entierly.

In OSX there is no such option built in, so I found this little script somewhere after a 5 minute Google search. Not sure where it was exactly, so if you know who made it, please speak up.

It's a little icon that you drag files to, to be permanently deleted.

Also, if anyone knows how to tie this to Shit+Delete keyboard shortcut, I'd greatly appreciate that. (To hit the keys when the files are selected, not that dragging them to the dock where I had the icon is that time consuming, It would just be super sweet)

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