Emptying Trash
Hi there! Need help. Have four jpg items in trash, three are aliases. Cannot empty them from trash...keep getting error message that says they are in use and cannot be deleted. Tried one at a time as recommended... that isn't working. How do I finally clean out trash basket?
LCCranston
Launch the AppleScript Editor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, select that file in the Finder, and run the following script:
tell application "Finder"
set file type of (selection as alias) to "1234"
end tell
Empty the trash.
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