Empty trash takes a long time!!

I've got a 18.86GB trash and I can't empty it!!!
I left it there for a long while and It still doesn't empty!!
Is there any way to force empty the trash without damaging my system/Hard-drive? (I tried Secure empty trash... Same result)
I downloaded Force Empty Trash from Macmaps.com, will it damage my system/Hard-drive?
looking for answers from a master!!!

I do hope that you haven't put sleepimage there !!
The trash is actually a directory (.Trash) in your home directory.
Open Terminal and enter:
$ cd .Trash
$ ls -lase (This will then list the contents of Trash).
You can then delete files directly from Trash using:
$ rm <filename>
For more information on the usage of "rm", type:
$ man rm
Note that this command is very powerful and should not be used in the wrong place, or with the wrong wildcards!
Cheers,
Rodney

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Why does SECURE EMPTY TRASH take so long (several days)?

I am using OS 10.3.9. I didn't empty the trash for quite a while, and several days ago clicked SECURE EMPTY TRASH. The emptying process began but has not finished even now! Does it take THAT much longer when one uses SECURE EMPTY TRASH? I see that the little message window for Trash says:
Item to delete: 114,158 This number hasn't gone down now for several minutes.
Several times I have stopped the Empty Trash process to shut the computer down or just because I wanted to stop it, but it seem to me that after "Emptying the Trash" has been going on for so long, it ought to be finished by now. I welcome any sunlight you can shed on this. Thank you.
— Lorna in Southern California

When you choose to Secure Empty Trash, the system
must overwrite the area where those items area a
minimum of 7 times for it to be considered secure.
When you have that many files in the Trash, this can
take quite some time.
So, unless you have something that is confidential in
the Trash, your best option is to Empty Trash
normally.
Mulder
If my answer helped solve your problem, please
consider awarding some points. Why
Reward Points?
OK, and thank you. You have answered my question; I now won't be worrying that something is awfy. The Secure Empty Trash is still emptying and it is down to about 77,000 items. I have clicked the YES, MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED button and I appreciate your reassurance.
— Lorna in Southern California

Why does secure empty the trash take so long to perform?

When I empty the 'secure trash' folder, it takes hours to perform what use to take seconds or minutes to do.

Try deleting less at one time.
Unless you're trying to get rid of malware/dodgy software, there's not really much point in using 'secure empty trash' if what you're worried about is someone recovering your deleted files. Experts can still recover stuff even after that.
The only way to get rid of your data securely is to overwrite the entire disk several times with zeros (Disk Utility has a function for this, and it will take a long time.).
And if its really confidential, put the disk in an incinerator or a blender , the only 100% surefire method.

My folders take forever to open and then the docs within take a long time for the icon to pop up. the same thing with moving itmes from the desktop to a folder, and also emptying the trashh

my folders take forever to open and then the docs within take a long time for the icon to pop up. the same thing with moving itmes from the desktop to a folder, and also emptying the trashh

Don't know if that would be a failing hard drive, but it may be that you are out of available space. How much hard drive space do you have available? Please highlight the Macintosh HD icon and then press Command and I for a get info window. Once open, please copy and post the following:
Capacity:
Used:
Available:
Mac OS requires a minimum of 10 - 15% of total hard drive space available and empty at all times in order to operate properly.

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I've installed 2 x 256 GB Samsung SSDs that I am now thinking of using as my bootdrive. But as I was playing around with them, I noticed that they turn into the slowest turtles when secure emptying the trash. Having done some investigating, one issue appears to be OS X's habit of zeroing the respective areas 7 times to meet the DoD standards. (I believe that is not the only issue though as secure emptying also takes much longer in my RAID 0 HD setup than it should for just writing that amount of data 7 times).
I couldn't find any clues on how to change this behaviour of overwriting 7 times. As a recent study suggests that most data is gone for good after a single overwrite on both, HDs and SSDs, I reckon that is good enough for me. Any ideas on how to change that behaviour? (I am aware of the regular emptying trash, what I want is a 'secure empty' with a single overwrite).

Thank you - that's very helpful.
I guess this response also implies there is no way to change the default behaviour of the GUI?

HT1222 I would like to be able to delete more then just one email at a time. I get a lot of mail that needs deleted and takes a long time to do. Would like to do 10 email deletes at a time on my iPad. Can you help me.

I would like to be able to delete more then just one email at a time. I get a lot of mail that needs deleted and takes a long time to do. Would like to do 10 email deletes at a time on my iPad. Can you help me.

open inbox
tap Edit on top right of list.
tap each email to check it off. Then tap trash. then 'trash selected mesages"
done

Query takes a long time on EBAN table

Hi,
I am trying to execute a simple select statement on EBAN table. This query takes unexpectionally longer time to execute.
Query is :
SELECT banfn bnfpo ernam badat ebeln ebelp
      INTO TABLE gt_eban
      FROM eban FOR ALL ENTRIES IN gt_ekko_ekpo
      WHERE
      banfn IN s_banfn AND
      ernam IN s_ernam
      and ebeln = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebeln AND
      ebelp = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebelp.
Structure of gt_ekko_ekpo
TYPES : BEGIN OF ty_ekko_ekpo,
        ebeln TYPE ekko-ebeln,
        ebelp TYPE ekpo-ebelp,
        bukrs TYPE ekko-bukrs,
        aedat TYPE ekko-aedat,
        lifnr TYPE ekko-lifnr,
        ekorg TYPE ekko-ekorg,
        ekgrp TYPE ekko-ekgrp,
        waers TYPE ekko-waers,
        bedat TYPE ekko-bedat,
        otb_value TYPE ekko-otb_value,
        otb_res_value TYPE ekko-otb_res_value,
        matnr TYPE ekpo-matnr,
        werks TYPE ekpo-werks,
        matkl TYPE ekpo-matkl,
        elikz TYPE ekpo-elikz,
        wepos TYPE ekpo-wepos,
        emlif TYPE ekpo-emlif,
END OF ty_ekko_ekpo.
Structure of GT_EBAN
TYPES : BEGIN OF ty_eban,
banfn TYPE eban-banfn,
bnfpo TYPE eban-bnfpo,
ernam TYPE eban-ernam,
badat TYPE eban-badat,
ebeln TYPE eban-ebeln,
ebelp TYPE eban-ebelp,
END OF ty_eban.
Query seems to be OK to me. But still am not able to figure out the reason for this performance issue.
Please provide your inputs.
Thanks.
Richa

Hi Richa,
Maybe you are executing the query with S_BANFN empty. Still based on the note 191492 you should change your query on like the following
1st Suggestion:
if gt_ekko_ekpo[] is not initial.
SELECT banfn banfpo       INTO TABLE gt_eket
      FROM eket FOR ALL ENTRIES IN gt_ekko_ekpo
      WHERE
     ebeln = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebeln AND
      ebelp = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebelp.
if sy-subrc = 0.
delete gt_eket where banfn not in s_banfn.
if gt_eket[] is not initial
SELECT banfn bnfpo ernam badat ebeln ebelp
      INTO TABLE gt_eban
      FROM eban FOR ALL ENTRIES IN gt_eket
      WHERE
      banfn = gt_eket-banfn
     and banfpo = gt_eket-banfpo.
if sy-subrc = 0.
delete gt_eban where ernam not in s_ernam.
endif.
endif.
endif.
endif.
2nd Suggestion:
if gt_ekko_ekpo[] is not initial.
SELECT banfn banfpo       INTO TABLE gt_eket
      FROM eket FOR ALL ENTRIES IN gt_ekko_ekpo
      WHERE
     ebeln = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebeln AND
      ebelp = gt_ekko_ekpo-ebelp.
if sy-subrc = 0.
delete gt_eket where banfn not in s_banfn.
if gt_eket[] is not initial
SELECT banfn bnfpo ernam badat ebeln ebelp
      INTO TABLE gt_eban
      FROM eban FOR ALL ENTRIES IN gt_eket
      WHERE
      banfn = gt_eket-banfn
     and banfpo = gt_eket-banfpo
     and ernam in s_ernam.
endif.
endif.
endif.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
R

Problem description: My macbook pro since this afteon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click- EtreCheck

My computer
Problem description:
My macbook pro since this afternoon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click…
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    16 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320,07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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    Mac App Store and identified developers
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    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
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        97%    rapportd
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    mds
         0%    fseventsd
         0%    distnoted
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    155 MB    Safari
    120 MB    Finder
    86 MB    rapportd
    86 MB    WindowServer
    69 MB    mds_stores
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    12.56 GB    Free RAM
    2.53 GB    Active RAM
    428 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.66 GB    Wired RAM
    1.04 GB    Page-ins
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    Mar 31, 2015, 06:00:15 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 31, 2015, 01:13:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-131305_[redacted].crash
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Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
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Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
     Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
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noeleeeen,
so you have an external hard disk, onto which you deleted/moved files from your internal hard disk, so that you now have 143 GB or so free on your internal hard disk — is that correct? Is the external disk purely for backups (e.g. a Time Machine destination), or does it function as a supplement to your internal disk?
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Firefox takes a long time to close since a recent update and hogs memory.

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When opening firefox it takes a long time (1 minute +) to load. The computer does not display any indication that firefox is loading (often leading to 2, 3 or 4 instances of Firefox trying to start due to my impatience).
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I have developed an apex application which is of size -24 MB .While importing the appl to another instance it takes a long time (few hours). The imported appl is working fine so far.
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