Accidently Renamed Trash, now I can't empty it.
i accidently renamed the .trash folder to trash. now i can't empty it. when i tried to rename it, it said that the folder name was already reserved. how do i get it back to normal?
ashok willmott wrote:
i accidently renamed the .trash folder to trash.
how exactly did you manage that? did you do it from terminal. or did you manage to do it from finder somehow?
now i can't empty it. when i tried to rename it, it said that the folder name was already reserved.
this most likely means that a new .trash folder was created. either way, log out/in and trash the Trash folder normally (just drag it to Trash). you should be able to do it.
how do i get it back to normal?
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