Where does a large file go when I delete it from a volume?
List the volume's hidden folders in the Terminal with:
$ ls -laht /Volumes/ ... d-wx-wx-wt 3 mmorin staff 102B 12 Sep 09:35 .Trashes ...
The directory .Trashes
is what you're looking for, which is why .Trash
does not exist.
In my case, I needed sudo
to view the directory, which explains why /Volumes/<volume name>/.Tr
did not complete. Nested under the directory 501 are the deleted files:
$ sudo ls -lahtr ../.Trashes/501 total 15943672 -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 _unknown _unknown 1.0G 3 Jan 2018 some file.MP4 -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 _unknown _unknown 999M 3 Jan 2018 another file.MP4 ...