I’m pretty sure the conversation went like this.

Apple UI Designer 1: How can we evoke more… oh, I don’t know, Snow Leopard-ness in our interface.
Apple UI Designer 2: Let’s brainstorm on the properties of the tundra. It’s…
Apple UI Designer 1: …Snowy. And there are leopards!
Apple UI Designer 2: Y-yes. Let’s focus on the “snowy” part. When sunlight hits the snow, there’s this hard glare reflecting off of the ice crystals. Let’s incorporate the concept of “hard glare” into our design philosophy moving forward from now.
Apple UI Designer 1: Won’t that look a little inconsistent?
Apple UI Designer 2: Yep.
Apple UI Designer 1: Okay. Well, done and done.

I was trying to figure out why emptying my trash in Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) was taking far longer than it used to take in 10.5. As it turns out, the “Empty Trash securely” option is on by default in 10.6.

Solution, if you don’t really care to securely delete your files: left-click on your desktop or a folder, go to the top left corner and click the “Finder” drop-down, then select Preferences. Deselect “Empty Trash securely.” OR, just click your desktop, hit ctrl+, and deselect “Empty Trash securely.”

scout:

yeahmon:

this was nice to see on the apple homepage this morning.

it would be awesome if i could install this but MY DISK DRIVE IS STILL BROKEN. UGH. inconvenient.

Hah. Upgrade, here I come! It’s a good thing that Apple fixed my laptop a couple weeks ago.

Seriously, only $29 for the new version. And it gives hard drive space back. What. A. Deal.