Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!info-mac From: info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) Newsgroups: ont.micro.mac Subject: Re: Trash Can Quirk Message-ID: <4531@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 03:37:43 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.4531 Posted: Tue Jun 12 03:37:43 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 04:27:11 EDT Sender: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 20 Date: 11 Jun 84 12:31:29 PDT From: uw-beaver!wert.pa@XEROX.ARPA Subject: Re: Trash Can Quirk In-Reply-To: <1615A75D4.01CB002B.1984@CMCL1.NYU-CMCL1.ARPA> To: David H M SpectorCc: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA The disk icons on your desk are not files, therefore they do not follow the rules for throwing away files. What they represent is memory from the system heap, which is why you get "Not enough memory" errors when you have too many disk icons. When you throw disk icons away, the memory is immediately reclaimed, as it should be. It has nothing to do with the finder needing disk space. scott