I cant empty my trash bin
i have a macbook pro and im having trouble emptying my bin after i got mountain lion. i turned off encrytion since that can slow it down, but i still have the issue.
Try holding down the option button while trying to delete the Trash. If that doesn’t work, here is some more information.
Trash FAQ
Trash Permission Error
Trash Permission Error (2)
Trash Permission Error (3)
Trash – Empty When File is Locked or in Use
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I can't delete any files, can't empty the trash bin, can't open my iTunes. Safari isn't working properly either. I keep getting the error message -50 when i try to delete anything...HELP!
Hello, not too helpful, but...
enum {
paramErr = -50, /*error in user parameter list*/
Usually means a bvad or unacceptable Charachter in a File or Folder name...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20831
Solving Trash Problems...
http://thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when trying to open Safari or iTunes. -
I inadvertently deleted Firefox and emptied the trash bin. I believe it was version 3.5. I have a MAC OSX 10.4.11. After several futile attemps how can I re-install the latest version of Firefox compatible to my MAC system? Thanks!
As of Firefox 4.0 and newer the Firefox builds from Mozilla requires both Mac OSX 10.'''5'''+ and a Intel.
Either you can use 3.6.19 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
Though for you 3.6.18 will be safe also as 3.6.19 was to workaround a font crashing issue on 10.7 Lion that was not fixed in time on Lion before release. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.18/mac/ and pick your language and download the Firefox 3.6.18.dmg -
I am trying to open space in my macbook hard drive, so I deleted files and after emptying the trash bin the amount of Gigs didn't increase, why? Where can I go and delete those files?
Did you do a secure empty trash? SHIFT COMMAND DELETE, they will be over wriiten. Are you deleting docs as they aren't much space, videos,pictures,music use much more space.
You can move those fiels to an external "archive" drive to save them then delete them from your internal drive. -
How can i restore files after i've emptied the trash bin?
I accidently deleted some photos and also emptied the trash bin. I also haven't backed up my computer in a while. (unfortunately).
Is there any way I can restore the photos?You'll have to stop using the boot volume so you don't write to it and create and boot from a external boot drive, then install Data Rescue on that to run against the internal drive to recover files.
If you write to the boot drive, even surfing the web does that, you can overwrite your deleted data.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
If that is too much for you, you can use the local PC/Mac software repair shops, they do data recovery in the hundreds of dollars range.
The "four figures" data recovery is really only needed if the drive is mechanically dead and it has to be dissected. -
Can't empty the trash bin of iphoto elements
Hi,
i can't empty the trash bin. When trying, i use it in "secured mode"
Full of 2500 elements coming from iphoto elements.
how:
when i request to empty, Mac tells me that some elements are "locked" but i request to empty all elements.
Then the window the progress bar appears ... processing for a second then disappears almost instantly and the bin remains full.Trash – Empty When File is Locked or in Use
Try holding down the option button while trying to delete the Trash. If that doesn’t work, here is some more information.
Trash FAQ -
why can't i empty my trash bin? it prompts me to dele ''all locked items'' or ''unlocked items''...when i click delete ''all''...it runs up to a total of approx 29000 items, yet it does not remove it securely or at all! I am running OS X YOSEMITE
Trash – Empty When File is Locked or in Use
Try holding down the option button while trying to delete the Trash. If that doesn’t work, here is some more information.
Trash FAQ
Trash Permission Error
Trash Permission Error (2)
Trash Permission Error (3) -
I delete e-mail regulary, put iit n the trash and empty the trash bin. Today all of the last two months incoming mail reappered in the inbox. Why, and how do I avoid this?
This is standard guidance, but maybe it will help...
When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.
(1) Bypass Firefox's Cache
Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.
Alternately, you also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced
On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"
If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.
(2) Remove your Yahoo cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site:
* right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
* Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
This will open a dialog where you can remove the individual cookies.
Then try reloading the page and logging in again. Does it work any better? -
Cant empty the trash-error 8003
Cant empty the trash-error 8003
Download and install this free utillity > Download Trash It! for Mac - Force-empty your trash can. MacUpdate.com
That should prevent the 8003 error and empty the Trash. -
hey guys
actully i cant empty my trash since yesterday i dont know what to do !!!
i know there is a script that i could delet files directly from terminal with this script :
cd ~/.Trash
sudo rm -rf
but i cant memorize this script and always put this script in terminal to delet my files
i wanna know is there anyway to delet my files diresctly from trash ?
thanxYou can try this. Open up the Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app and open a new file and copy & paste this: do shell script "srm -mrf ~/.Trash/*" Then in top menu above this paste, hit compile, then record, then stop, then run. Obviously let them all do their action before the next "hit." Then menu bar, file, save as, Application to Desktop. Then you just click it to empty via unix command. Then check the way you have been to see if all is gone.
Excuse my over kill on "then". Bad.
Message was edited by: doug pennington -
am using osx lion 10.7.2 on a mid 2010 macbook, and cannot empty my trash bin. it verifies files to delete and then quits. anyone got any ideas how to fix this?
This utility may help > Download Trash It! for Mac - Force-empty your trash can. MacUpdate.com
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Cannot empty the trash bin.
My problem begain after I deleted many two-year old backup files on my WD My Book external disk drive. I received the error -8003 message when I tried to delete a single file or group of files from Trash on the dock on my desktop. I tried most of the methods recommended in this community and other websites (e.g., CNET) -- all to no avail. I also downloaded and tried Trash It which did not work for me.
Someone recommended using the Maintenance application. The app can typically be found in
Finder > Applications > Utilities > Maintenance (or, Applications > Maintenance). I opened the app, and following the instructions, did a Verify Disk on the Mac HD drive (my startup drive). Errors were found by the app and I then, per the instructions, I ran Repair Disk Permissions. It took about one hour to complete the entire operation.
Then, without a Shut Down or a Restart, I opened the Trash icon and all those hundreds of files were gone. I then tested Trash by chucking a couple of uneeded documents and some photos from the Mac into the Trash and then selected Empty -- viola, no problem in emptying the Trash.
I also used Maintenance>Verify Disk on my WD My Book external disk drive and found it corrupted too. I am presently running Repair Disk Permissions (estimated one hour and 20 minutes) and hope that it solves that drive's problems.
Good luck to all!
System: iMac, OS X 10.6.8, 3.06 GHz, memory: 2 GB 800 MHz -
I am trying to empty my trash bin. It starts up, asks if I want to delete all or locked or unlocked and then it stops.
How do I empty the trash securely please?
Why is it doing this? How can I fix it?Trash can sometimes fail to empty if a file that has been moved into the Trash is in use by another application.
Restart your machine and try empty the Trash. It should work.
If there are locked files, either you or another user has locked the file, to empty them from Trash the admin (or user) Password is usually prompted before allowing the locked file to be removed. -
I have a lot of photos in my trash bin and was thinking about emptying the trash. However, I got a message that said that if emptied, I would not be able to recover them. I chickened out. I looked at several pictures in the trash and noticed that they were the same pictures in albums that I had created. I compared the numbers shown on those pictures in the trash and found that they were the same as the numbers shown in on the pictures in the albums that I had created. I would like to delete the pictures to create more space, but I don't want to lose pictures that I can't replace.
yes - albums are not copies or places - they are pointers in the databae pointing to the photo in the library - you can see it in an album, under photos or under events - but it is all the same photo - if you delete it it is gone everyplace - and no additiponal space is used for an album (or many albums - a photo can be in many albums without using any additional space
Only put photos that you do not want to keep in the trash
How much free space do you have on the disk volume that the iPhoto library is on?
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I have a Macbook Pro with OS X Lion 10.7.2. I have sent a work file to the trash bin along with many other files. When I empty the trash this one particular file remains and I get a message that this file is still in use. I have tried returning the file to my documents, opening it, closing it and then sending it to trash and again I try to empty trash but the same message comes up - Q - How can I trash this file permanently?
First just try logging out and back in. Whatever is holding on to it may not be running after the logout thus freeing it so you can trash it after logging back in.
You might also try Trash It!
Lastly, look at the following for suggestions:
The X Lab: Solving Trash Problems
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