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This is the recycle bin, not trash.
Apple apparently has the rights to call something "trash" and didn't like that windows was doing the same.
45 1 ReplyAs a British Mac user who upgraded to a new machine that could run a much newer macOS, I was surprised last year to discover that over here it’s now called the Bin.
7 0 ReplyDid you set the OS to UK English?
2 0 ReplyYep.
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Smart of them to patent the word people would otherwise use to describe them!
4 1 ReplyOver 70% of all recycling becomes standard trash but with a bigger carbon footprint. I also call recycling bins trash cans.
2 1 ReplyAnything talking about the evolution of the "Trash Can Icon" should be starting with the Apple version that Microsoft copied.
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