orrinfacey01: Undelete from trash to original locations

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Undelete from trash to original locations

If you've ever trashed some items and then wanted them returned to their original folders, Apple has a counterintuitive way to do so. It is rather odd, but neat!

To return the items from the Trash to their original locations, open the Trash folder, select the item or items to be returned and hit the delete button (red circle with line through it on the folders toolbar).

Your items will disappear from the Trash and reappear in their original folders. If you don't have the delete button, you can add it to all folders using the Customize Toolbar command under View.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. I'm not sure who at Apple thought this was a good idea, but I don't think using 'Delete' as 'Undo' is the cleverest UI choice.]