The file removal utility that can delete items ... ... later.
Mac OS 7 - 9
- Manages your download folder.
- Post-pone file removal by, say, a week.
There is no further development. Shareware sales have been suspended. If you already own a valid license key or serial number, it will continue to operate as normal.
Please look at the Mac OS X version of TrashLater.
TrashLater Classic
A file removal utility that enforces a grace period before the move takes place. Items can be moved to other folders or to the Trash.
During its operation, TrashLater Classic watches over selected folders, keeping track on their contents. Any unmodified file that resides in a folder for longer than the grace period is removed. Modified files are regarded as new files.
TrashLater Setup
How
do I use TrashLater Classic?
TrashLater Classic comprises two applications, one to setup the folders and a client to do the checking.
You use the setup application to specify which folders to watch and their grace period. Note that you can use different grace periods for each of these folders and that you can specify exceptions items that will be ignored.
TrashLater Client
Thereafter, any time you run the client application, it will check if any files were in these folders longer than requested. Any such "out-dated" files will be moved into the destination folder, for instance the Trash.
Fridge (Folder)
For regular checking, you could use a "cron" utility or you could put an alias to the client application in your Startup Items folder.
TrashLater Classic
(discontinued)
Version 2.3
09 September
2002
Language: English
MacOS 7 through 9.x
68k or PowerPC
400kB of free RAM
156 KB HD space
A Mac OS X version of TrashLater also exists.
Screenshots (24 KB)
TrashLater Classic was built with the tinyApp framework, our own configurable application framework targeted at small and efficient programs (Mac OS 7 to 9.x).
These will only be useful to you if you already own a valid license key:
Also available: versions for Mac OS X.
Manage a download folder
It may be a good idea not to delete the .tar, .dmg and .sit files straight away - just in case you might need them again. But since you want to get rid of them eventually, why not leave them in your download folder and instruct TrashLater Classic to trash these files a few days later?
Automatic trash collection
TrashLater Classic can also remove items from the Trash itself. In this way, you would no longer have to empty it by hand. Better still, since TrashLater Classic would only delete the older items you would always have access to the files that you put into the Trash more recently.
Clear your browser cache
A browser cache caters for a faster internet experience - whether you should keep a large cache for several days is a different question. Some people prefer to get rid of those files at the end of the day. TrashLater Classic can do this job for you automatically.
Manage backup folders
Many tools offer to save backup files in designated folders. Potentially, these folders can grow quite large and should be cleaned out once in a while. Having said that, you do not want to delete the most recent backups, so, why not let TrashLater Classic trash only the older files?
Self-cleaning "fridge" on your desktop
Next to the Trash, you should have a fridge! In this folder, you put any temporary items that you would like to keep for a few weeks or months.
For instance, before you edit an important document, you can option-drag (i.e. copy) it to the "fridge".
Based on your preferred "cooling time", the items will remain in the fridge until they pass their "best before date", Once that happens, TrashLater Classic puts them where they belong: in the Trash.
Trash bag collection
Imagine a trash bag (folder) next to your Trash. In there you put files ready for trash collection at a later date.
Limitations of the Trash
Yes, you can keep items in the Trash and they will remain there until you empty it. However, once you do empty it, all files are gone! Would it not be better if you could say: "Get rid of only those items that I put in the Trash last week".