Empty Trash Crashes Computer

Help! Every time I try to empty trash that screen appears telling me to hold down the power key for several seconds to restart the computer.
PB17 1.67ghz w/@gbRAM 2 500gb external HD's attached via FW800
The items in the trash are off of the external drives. Please help, my trash can overfloweth!
Patrick

Have you tried unmounting and disconnecting the drives, then emptying trash?
For further troubleshooting tips on kernel panics see Dr. Smoke's FAQ.
-mj
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Hi Kevin,
I don't have any definite resolution for you, but here is another thread I can refer you to:
cannot empty trash without a crash
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=329293&tstart=0
"I spoke with Apple just now (Apple Care) They said I-photo will not work right with photos on an external drive (I don't know where we are going to store the 250,000 photos it says it will work with). So here is what we did
1. Place my I photo library back in my home folder in the picture folder
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4. log into the account in safe mode.
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Well, I tried this procedure:
1. Call library
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6. Use slide rule to increase size of all pictures
7. Important: Use slide rule to minimize size of all pictures to lowest size
8. Klick and activite trash and
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Every time I try to empty the trash the system crashes and I get the "International Grey Curtain of Death."
I've used the Disc Utility and even Drive Genius but it does not solve the problem.
I've taken all the files out of the trash and then tried trashing each one individually and then emptying the trash but it still happens.
I can't even do it using the terminal.app
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Do you have any FireWire/USB peripherals, such as an external HDD?
Troubleshooting Kernel panic ideas from the X Labs.

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I'm at a total loss here and am in major trouble. I'm nearly out of disk space and things keep piling up in my trash. Everytime I try to empty the trash the computer crashes.
Here is the error report. Anyone know what is wrong?
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00102874): jnl: transaction too big (8384512 >= 8388096 bytes, bufsize 4096, tr 0x504bfb0 bp 0x55068110)
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
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0x000952D8 0x000957F0 0x00026898 0x00102874 0x00249728 0x00248D30 0x00247088 0x00247150
0x00247204 0x00247F80 0x0022C960 0x0022CB7C 0x0023B2C8 0x0023AE4C 0x000FC92C 0x000EE3FC
0x002AB7F8 0x000ABB30 0x0574E860
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Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.0: Thu Feb 22 20:54:07 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.17.14~1/RELEASE_PPC
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Memory Module: DIMM1/J6800, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, PC2-4200U-444
Memory Module: DIMM2/J6900, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, PC2-4200U-444
Memory Module: DIMM3/J7000, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, PC2-4200U-444
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Even after following Apple's advice to rebuild this and rebuild that and reinstall and delete preferences, etc., etc., iPhoto crashes when trying to empty trash of certain files, especially those imported with previous versions of iPhoto. Never have a problem with files imported using ver 6. I now have many files with no images, the file names.
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I'm trying to organize my external hard drives by moving data around. If I copy too many GB's at a time the transfer, not the computer, freezes. No matter how long I leave it there, it will just stall a X amount of data transferred & won't move. Now I'm trying to transfer small amounts at a time, but when I'm done copying from one location to the new one, I send the old one to the trash, but now there's too much data in my trash can, that I try & empty it and it stops as well, or most of the time, never gets out of the preparing to delete phase. And if I try to stop the process, it gets stuck on stopping, won't let me restart the computer & I have to manually turn it off & back on. And some of the large folders in the trash don't give me the put back option so I can try & do smaller amounts at a time. And I know cutting & pasting from one location to another might be easier, but I don't trust it with these problems. And when I try to get the folder info, to make sure the old & new locations are the same size so I can delete the old one, it takes forever, if at all just to calculate the size of the folder. It's also sometimes been getting stuck on the little rainbow colored wheel at times, where it moves, I can move the folders that are open, but can't do anything else. I'm more used to PC's, so I don't think that if something moves it's freezing, but perhaps that IS freezing for a Mac? If anyone has any info on how to fix this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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ConcordRd wrote:
Hey Dennis,
Appriciate the advice, but no, they have both only ever been used on my Mac Mini & I ran the Mac Install driver on both hard drives. I'm aware of the different formats as I've tried connecting hard drives from my PC before. And though they show up, it didn't let me move anything on or off. My problem is, though I'm able to successfully copy the files/folders from one external drive to another, if I try to do too many GBs at once it gets stuck & doesn't finish, or sometimes even start the process.
1. Sorry, what is "Mac Install drive" do you mean Disk Utility or something else?
2. What exactly is the Partition Map Scheme (MS-DOS, Apple or GUID) and Format (FAT-32, or Mac OS Extended) of those drives?
3. What if any messages are you getting, when you try to copy or empty trash?
ConcordRd wrote:
I've actually copied everything I need to for now, my bigger problem is that I can't empty the trash. I'm assuming it's a related problem though, that it's trying to delete too much at once. And like I said, I've tried the 'Put Back' option, to delete smaller amounts at a time(just as I've had to with transfers), but it doesn't list that as an option on a couple of the biggest folders. Any other ideas on what could be causing or how to fix the problem?
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Hi,
When I attempt to empty my trash bin my iMac crashes and I have to hold the power button to restart: http://i56.tinypic.com/2vwe7ac.jpg
These files I'm trying to empty from my trash bin were on my external hard drive if that helps in anyway. I tried using "MainMenu" to see if I could empty the trash that way but once again my iMac crashed.
When I click empty trash the crash happens straight away so it doesn't even get a chance to delete some files first.
Has anyone come across this problem before? If I eject my external drive my trash bin is empty. Once it's plugged back in, all the files are back.
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SPO2010 wrote:
When I attempt to empty my trash bin my iMac crashes and I have to hold the power button to restart: http://i56.tinypic.com/2vwe7ac.jpg
These files I'm trying to empty from my trash bin were on my external hard drive
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cd /Volumes/"xyz"/.Trashes/501
ls
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rm -rfi *
(The "i" switch tells the command to inquire about deleting each file. Without that switch, the "rm" command is extremely dangerous. With the switch, it's only slightly less so. After each deleting inquiry, press the letter "y" without the quotes and press "return". If you see a message about permissions, there's a variation of the "rm" command that can fix that, but it also makes it more dangerous.

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So I went into a guest account and was able to empty the trash..
In that case try the following;
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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i've got about 6000 pics in my trash in iphoto, and when i tell it to empty the trash, it hangs, and then unexpectedly quits. when i reopen it the trashed photos are still there and it asks me to rebuild the thumbnail cache.
i'm trying to trim the fat off my system so i can do a back up. as i'm about to blank my system drive and start fresh. any other iphoto friendly back up tips would be nice, i've got about 15000 pics, and making dvds or exporting everything is a massive chore.
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When I delete pictures from iPhoto, they go to the iPhoto trash can. When trying to empty the trash can, nothing happens for 2 sec and then it just shuts down. After that I get a message saying that it closed unexpectedly and I can choose CLOSE, REPORT or REOPEN. I tried it all and nothing works. I just crashes each time.
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