Eat is a small application that will permanently delete files that are dragged onto it.

This is good for two reasons:

1. You are deleting a file off of a removable disk.

A really annoying problem with OS X is that files are not deleted from a removable disk until you empty the trash. So if you're trying to free up space on your 1GB thumbdrive, you'll end up needing to empty your entire trash which you just might not want to do.

This is also good for circumventing the trash for any other large file. If you're deleting files to free up space, it's best to just delete them rather then delete them then empty your trash.

2. It shreds

Eat will shred documents (delete by overwriting). You cannot restore the files once they have been eaten. This is good for any type of sensitive documents.

Usage suggestion:

I like to keep eat up in my Finder toolbar like this:

You can put it there by simply dragging it up and hovering for a second or two.

Other features:

-Eat will warn you before permanently deleting files

-Clicking on eat (as opposed to dragging something onto it) will eat all the files in the trash (with warning).

This program is adapted from a script by Jayson Kempinger.

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