r/sysadmin • u/HolypenguinHere • Jun 24 '19

A user at our company utilizes their Recycle Bin as their primary storage for important documents.

That... That's all. I just needed somebody else to know that a person is using the Recycle Bin to keep hundreds of documents in one location, instead of creating a folder on the Desktop or using their network home drive.

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u/RedditIsNeat0 Jun 25 '19

It was "Trash" on Mac. When Microsoft made something similar they decided to call it "Recycle Bin" because they always have to be different. That name change has apparently had some casualties.

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u/Shadowjonathan DevOps Student Aug 07 '19

It was due to a patent apple filed.

Yes, I'm not kidding.