Finder not opening and trash won't empty
Hi All,
I've had my iMac OS 10.4 for over a year and this is the first real problem I've had. Even this discussion forum is new to me.
Truly, I'm at my wits end.
So... Finder isn't opening. I think because the Finder doesn't open, it's not letting Trash empty.
Who knows?...
I've double-clicked on the bottom and it won't open but it seems to be stuck on the top bar. When I click onto Finder on top, it says 'about Finder, run full Finder, hide Finders, or hide others'.
I click onto 'run full Finder', the beach ball comes up for a few seconds but nothing happens.
I checked help; it told me to go to Utility disk and verify disk permissions. I did that and also verified disk.
It came up that 1 HFS volume needs repair but for whatever reason I can't press the repair disk button.
The computer doesn't allow me to.
Looking through in Apple support, it said something about going on single mode
and sbin/fsck -fy
did that and no go
BDAqua - I ran it with fsck -f and it said volume appears to be ok
I reboot and Finder and Trash is still not working.
I try Utility disk and NOW it tells me volume verification passed but both items still don't work.
I know this is too much but I'm hoping someone could help.
Can you help me out there?....
I'm Noe_help!
Try this:
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
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A fairly consistent error - when I try to empty the Trash I get an error message saying that a document can't be deleted as it is in use.
Whenever this happens it turns out to be something that HAD been open in Preview and quitting Preview fixes the issue. I guess holding down the Opt key would do, but I always want to find out the why ...
Oh, it also happened on my iBook with Tiger.
Cheers, ColinHI Colin,
Open Preview. Then on your keyboard press Command + Option + Esc. That will bring up the Force Quit window. Select Preview and then click the Force Quit button. See if you can empty the Trash now.
More help here; http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526
And here: Solving Problems with Trash: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
Carolyn:-)
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Hello
I've just been to the Apple genius bar and thought this was solved, there the trash emptied no problem. But I realized that the problem has to do with two external drives that have time machine backups on them. I deleted some of the older back ups because my drive was filling up and I didn't see any other way to delete them.
Now they can't be reinstated back where they were, and the trash won't empty using any method. I've even tried the Terminal SUMO methods on here and other sites, and the Trashi It app, and Cocktail app - nothing works.
The only solutions I've found say to wipe your back up drive completely and start over but that is NOT an option as I have ALL of my photos on there. I use my external drive for my images (I am a photographer) and use time machine to back up my MacBookPro onto there as well. I had no idea deleting those was going to be an issue. Now I've tried to delete other things on both external drives and they are all stuck in the trash.
Someone please help!photogirl67 wrote:
I use my external drive for my images (I am a photographer) and use time machine to back up my MacBookPro onto there as well.
Not a good idea, as you've learned the hard way.
And especially bad in the same partition, as you can't just erase the TM partition.
Plus, how do you back up the images?
For best results, consider getting another external HD; one for the images, and one for TM. Then you can have Time Machine back up both your Mac and the external. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #32 for details and considerations.
But my question for Pondini is this - if I use that command will it erase that entire drive, or just the trash on it?
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MobileMe will not be here after the end of June, so you will have to find alternative hosting. They are not taking any new subscriptions.
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I tried sending the A3 application to trash, and reinstalling from my A3 disk. Install message said "installation successful." But A3 would still not open and gave same message with -1712.
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- If you installed new software - programs, plug-ins, preferences panels, check, if they are compatible.
- If you imported new images, you may have imported corrupted files, that crash Aperture.
Can Aperture launch correctly, when you try to open a new Aperture library?
Hold down the options-key, when you launch Aperture and select to create a new library. Import a few images. Does that work?
If Aperture will launch on a new Library, try to repair your current library. Hold down the key-combination option-command ⌥⌘ firmly while double-clicking the Aperture library to open in First Aid Mode. Hold the keys down, until the panel appears, and then try the First Aid Options in turn.
I have the latest A3 version
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JLCruz wrote:
I deleted my back up files from my external hard drive ...
If this is related to Time Machine Backups...
See here > Should I delete old backups? If so, How?
From Here > http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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Hi all,
a few days ago i deleted 2 files from my windows partition by dragging them strait to the trash in osx.
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Hi,
Safari no longer works for me after a software update. Safari will not open and ends up not responding upon launch at which time I have to force quit.
I have gone through the Mac help forums without finding a suitable answer and I tried the following actions but unfortunately not one is working.
-I have tried to uninstall and install safari again (to uninstall the program I have deleted also all the cookies in preferences and library and application support);
-I have created a new user and safari does not work for the new user either.
It seems to me that the mac feels that a safari window is open but I cannot see it.
Any suggestions would be very appreciated.A few things you can try (I see you have tried some of them already):
If your Safari won't open, one or more of the following procedures should fix it:
1. Go to Home/Library/Safari/ folder and remove the following two files:
¥ history.plist
¥ lastsession.plist
(Safari may not load properly If these two files are corrupted.)
2. Go to Home/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/ and remove the contents of that folder.
(These are just webhistory files and are not required for Safari to run. However, similar to preference files, problems can arise if they have become corrupt.)
3. Locate the cookies.plist file that's located in the Home/Library/Cookies/ folder and remove it.
(Again, faults in stored cookies may interfere with Safari's launch.)
4. Check whether any of your third-party internet plug-ins may be interfering with the launch of Safari by carefully moving them to the desktop (do NOT delete them at this stage). You can find these in two places:
Home/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder, and Global plug-ins are located in the Macintosh HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder.
Also look in Library/Input Managers where other third party add-ons may lurk. If you find a SIMBL folder, please note that some SIMBLE.bundles may require updating or possibly removal.
Restart Safari and place them back in the correct folders, one at a time, closing and re-opening Safari each time. If you discover that one of them was causing the problem with launching Safari, trash it and download and install a fresh copy.
If Safari is getting very slow:
Adding Open DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up as well as added security:
If you are using a single computer: Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
(You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS)
Sometimes reversing the order of the DNS numbers can be beneficial in cases where there is a long delay before web pages start to load, and then suddenly load at normal speed:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2296
If your computer is part of a network: please refer to this page: http://www.opendns.com/start/bestpractices/#yournetwork and follow the advice given.
You could also try these codes as well: 4.2.2.1 & 4.2.2.2
If you use a Router, make sure it has the latest firmware installed.
One reason for a slowness in page loading may be the 'DNS Pre-fetching' feature of Safari 5.x
This is described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408?viewlocale=en_US
If Safari seems to hang for ages:
If you have a lot of tabs open and/or a lot of pages running Flash, Safari can sometimes 'hang', requiring a restart of Safari. This can often be inconvenient, and as it is rarely Safari itself that is hanging but merely one of its plug-ins, usually Flash, there is a way using Terminal to restart the plug-ins (without restarting Safari and losing your tabs) by quitting the WebPluginHost process:
Open the Terminal from the Utilities folder in /Applications and type
killall -9 WebKitPluginHost
Note that this command kills all Safari plug-ins, not just Flash. All plug-ins should start back up when you reload the page.
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i am having macbook air recently my iphotos did not open and was showing report apple and reopen but i came to know that by pressing alt and iphotos i open an new photo library and stored the pics but now how can i get the pics which i had in the earlier photo please help me to recover my photos
Well I'll guess you're using iPhoto 11:
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Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
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Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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TD -
My trash won't empty since I upgraded to Lion.
Other than using rm -rf ~/.Trash/* in the terminal what can I do. Reparing permissions didn't hpl.
regards
robinI have the same problem. I can put things into the trash, but when i empty the trash it makes the crumple noise like its throwing it away and the files stay in the trash and the icon stays full. I have 10.7.2. I also have Parallels installed on my machine.
Before this problem, I was unable to add files to my trash can and then I removed this program called CleanMyMac, which I guess wasn't compatible with Lion, and now I can at least add items to the trash can. It seems I am having a lingering issue due to that program.
I have a case with Apple Senior Support Analysts and they can't figure it out...
Please help!! I do not want to format and start all over just to empty my trash can
I also do not want to install Trash It (which would empty the trash i've heard) but will not resolve my issue only cover it up.
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Have had no previous problems with iTunes but for past two weeks my I tunes progress bar is not moving and music won't play.
I also have no audio from my laptop at all. Any ideas? I am running windows 8.I'm having the same incredibly frustrating problem. I have 50-60 GBs of music and now literally ALL OF A SUDDEN most of my mp3s won't play in iTunes. Of the songs that do play, many of them sound garbled (almost as if you were listening to them underwater). As others have noted, the songs do in fact play properly in other media players (VLC, MPC, WMP, etc).
I feel like I've tried just about everything but I can't seem to fix the problem. Nor have I been able to find any viable solutions after hours of scouring the internet. Here is a list of the steps I've taken so far, in chronological order:
1. Closed/re-opened iTunes
2. Re-booted computer
3. Uninstalled/re-installed iTunes
4. Tried deleting songs from iTunes library and then re-adding them, but after dropping files into the library they don't show up at all, iTunes refuses to import them
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If image file not exist in image path crystal report not open and give me exception error problem
Hi guys my code below show pictures for all employees
code is working but i have proplem
if image not exist in path
crystal report not open and give me exception error image file not exist in path
although the employee no found in database but if image not exist in path when loop crystal report will not open
how to ignore image files not exist in path and open report this is actually what i need
my code below as following
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
string connString = "data source=192.168.1.105; initial catalog=hrdata;uid=sa; password=1234";
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connString))
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("ViewEmployeeNoRall", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter();
da.SelectCommand = cmd;
da.Fill(dt);
foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
FileStream fs = null;
fs = new FileStream("\\\\192.168.1.105\\Personal Pictures\\" + dr[0] + ".jpg", FileMode.Open);
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
byte[] imgbyte = new byte[fs.Length + 1];
imgbyte = br.ReadBytes(Convert.ToInt32((fs.Length)));
dr["Image"] = imgbyte;
fs.Dispose();
ReportDocument objRpt = new Reports.CrystalReportData2();
objRpt.SetDataSource(dt);
crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = objRpt;
crystalReportViewer1.Refresh();
and exception error as belowFirst: I created a New Column ("Image") in a datatable of the dataset and change the DataType to System.Byte()
Second : Drag And drop this image Filed Where I want.
private void LoadReport()
frmCheckWeigher rpt = new frmCheckWeigher();
CryRe_DailyBatch report = new CryRe_DailyBatch();
DataSet1TableAdapters.DataTable_DailyBatch1TableAdapter ta = new CheckWeigherReportViewer.DataSet1TableAdapters.DataTable_DailyBatch1TableAdapter();
DataSet1.DataTable_DailyBatch1DataTable table = ta.GetData(clsLogs.strStartDate_rpt, clsLogs.strBatchno_Rpt, clsLogs.cmdeviceid); // Data from Database
DataTable dt = GetImageRow(table, "Footer.Jpg");
report.SetDataSource(dt);
crv1.ReportSource = report;
crv1.Refresh();
By this Function I merge My Image data into dataTable
private DataTable GetImageRow(DataTable dt, string ImageName)
try
FileStream fs;
BinaryReader br;
if (File.Exists(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + ImageName))
fs = new FileStream(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + ImageName, FileMode.Open);
else
// if photo does not exist show the nophoto.jpg file
fs = new FileStream(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + ImageName, FileMode.Open);
// initialise the binary reader from file streamobject
br = new BinaryReader(fs);
// define the byte array of filelength
byte[] imgbyte = new byte[fs.Length + 1];
// read the bytes from the binary reader
imgbyte = br.ReadBytes(Convert.ToInt32((fs.Length)));
dt.Rows[0]["Image"] = imgbyte;
br.Close();
// close the binary reader
fs.Close();
// close the file stream
catch (Exception ex)
// error handling
MessageBox.Show("Missing " + ImageName + "or nophoto.jpg in application folder");
return dt;
// Return Datatable After Image Row Insertion
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