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Summary and Features
Trash Buddy Plus greatly improves how you manage your Mac's Trash, offering a high-degree of customization and convenience. Make it your productivity sidekick today!
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Quickly empty the Trash or access its contents from anywhere, saving you time.
- Customizable Desktop Icon: Add a movable Trash icon to your Desktop, resizable to your preference. Choose from 8 pre-designed styles or create your own for a personal touch.
- Item Counts at a Glance: See how many items are in your Trash without opening it, helping you manage files more effectively.
- Auto-Empty Feature: Set automatic schedules to empty your Trash, keeping your system clutter-free without manual intervention.
- Cross-Mac Compatibility: Optimized for both Intel and Apple Silicon processors, supporting macOS Ventura to Tahoe.
- Minimal Resource Use: Lightweight and efficient, designed to enhance your Mac experience without slowing it down.
NOTE: Trash Buddy Plus is donation-ware: totally free to use and fully functional. If you find it useful, you're invited to donate a token amount after using it. Anyone who makes a donation gets a nag-free version as a thank you.
Reviews
- Spider Mac (29 April 2025, reviewed v1.06)
Screenshots
Multiple Trash styles
Trash Buddy Plus supports a variety of different Trash styles
Empty Trash with a custom shortcut
Use custom Trash can styles and inspect or empty the Trash using custom keyboard shortcuts
Flexible layout
Freely position the Desktop Trash can on virtually any screen
Experimental Install of Trash Buddy Plus via Homebrew
curl -O https://widgetworx.com/homebrew/trash-buddy-plus.rb
brew install --cask ./trash-buddy-plus.rb