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June 20, 2008

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Having problems “ejecting and trashing stuff”? Try What’s Keeping Me?

Posted Jun. 20, ’08, 11:00 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Software

What's Keeping Me? iconIf I had a buck for every time I tried to eject a disk or empty the trash and it threw up the “this operation cannot be completed because the item is in use” error, I’d be a millionaire by now. OK, maybe not a millionaire, but I’d have amassed quite a hoarding. Fine, I’d have twenty odd bucks but that’s beside the point.

Enter What’s Keeping Me?, a little application from HAMSoft Engineering, that specializes in getting rid of those pesky system processes that rear their ugly heads every once in a while to poke fun at the poor trash can. And while the trash has it’s own kryptonite powered secure delete mode to help it get out of tight corners, what about those darned DVDs and DMGs that just won’t eject no matter what you try?

As its name and icon suggest, or maybe not, What’s Keeping Me? immediately identifies the offending items in such scenarios and terminates them, allowing you to get on with the spritely act of ejecting disks and emptying the trash. After all, what’s more satisfying than that dry scrunching of paper that indicates you’ve just gotten rid of the waste on your system?

It’s licensed as “donationware”, which means that you can have it for free if you want but the developer would appreciate a little kick back in the form of a donation, $5 in this case, if you decide that you like the application. Grab it from the HAMSoft Engineering website.

[Via TUAW]


2 Comments

Goobimama said:

Hmm. Neat app. Might just try it.

June 21, 2008 8:25 AM
JimB said:

Why not simply open Trash and option_click on the empty button?

June 22, 2008 7:13 AM

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