How to delete shared garageband demo songs?

Hello there,
I tried to delete the "GarageBand demos songs" located at the users/shared folder but then I can't empty the trash and they're still there.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Julieta

Hi, Julieta
You're most welcome. Thanks for posting back and letting me know. Glad to help.
The full permissions for the /Users/Shared directory are:
Owner: system
Access: Read & Write
Group: wheel
Access: Read & Write
Others: Access: Read & Write
Hence anyone (or any application) can write to that folder, which is its intent: sort of a "Commons" where any user can leave a file for access by any other user on the Mac.
The GB files may have simply been seen as being "in use" by another process, even though GB was not running, perhaps even GB itself. I've seen this happen with Preview from time to time: view a file in Preview, close (Command-W) the Preview window, trash the file, empty the Trash, the file you were viewing won't empty because it is "in use." If one Quits (Command-Q) Preview, the Trash can be emptied. I've reported a bug on the Preview example.
One can determine the process that is considered to have the file "in use" as follows:
1. Open the Trash
2. Launch Terminal, located in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.
3. Position the Terminal and Trash windows so they do not overlap.
4. At the Terminal prompt, type lsof followed by a single space, but do not press Return yet.
5. Drag and drop the file cited in the alert dialog from the Trash to the Terminal window. The path to the file appears after the command typed in step 4.
6. Press Return. You will receive output in Terminal listing the file you dropped on the Terminal window in step 5. The process or application that is considered to have the file "in use" is listed under the column labeled COMMAND. Quit that application or, using Activity Monitor, terminate that process.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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