Item to delete in trash went in the negatives...
So I put about 40,000 files in the trash and clicked empty trash. It was acting as normal and deleting the files. Then when it hit zero and should have closed the window, it started going negative! It is -100,000 items to delete at the time of writing. It keeps going down.
How do I get the picture to work?
Select them all using Edit > Select All, or make a contiguous selection by shift-clicking, or a discontinuous selection by command-clicking, and then clicking the Trash icon:
Then, (optional) select Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items. Deleted items are permanently erased after a period of time that you specify for each account (the default may be a week or a month).
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Can Select Items be Deleted from Trash?
I would like to delete certain items from the Trash but am not sure about deleting others. Is there any way I can highlight a certain item or items and delete them without deleting ALL the Trash contents. Thank you.
Would you suggest this Trash Considerations (or whatever) be a folder on the Desktop or would someplace else ie: Documents be a better spot?
Whatever is conveient for you... once made, you can even drag that folder's icon to the Dock between Applications & Trash for convenience.
is it safe to empty the Trash even though a copy remains in there.
In theory yes, but check to see it's still in your Applications folder... and do a Get Info on it from there to make certain it doesn't mention Trash in the Location.
Dumb question likely, but I have a thousand more like it
My personal opinion is that there are really no dumb questions... only dumb answers or failure to communicate... which is a two way street, so feel quite fee to ask away... we'll figure it out sooner or later! -
Install countdown is in the negative numbers
My MacBook's been really laggy -- lots and lots of beachball spinning at really simple tasks, like, say, clicking a link or selecting a menu -- so I brought it to the genius bar today and after repairing permissions (which I'd already done, but that's fine) they suggested I reinstall Snow Leopard. I am currently doing that. Things seemed to be going fine UNTIL approximately 37 minutes ago, when the countdown (Time Remaining: About X minutes) went into the negative numbers. I am now at Time Remaining: -37 minutes.
Any idea how long I should wait before aborting? Any other suggestions? I am super frustrated. This thing is only like eight months old.
Thanks!
CatherineOK, three installs and one disk (re)repair later, and with the last install taking quite a bit longer than the previous ones, the install finally finished and the computer booted properly. Hooray! Of course, it's still lagging, but at this point I kind of don't care, heh.
So never mind for the moment but thanks anyway! -
An hour ago, I accidentally deleted a Bookmarks folder, and all of subfolders and hyperlinks. The lost items are not in "Trash." Are they still retrievable? JAW
They don't go into the Trash. Unless you have a backup prior to the deletion time it's gone.
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I recently deleted approximately 80gb of space on my hard drive by dragging items to the trash and then emptying the trash. However, the space does not show up on my HD as free. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
If you are using File Vault, turn it off. To find out where all the extra space is use any of these products - Disk Inventory X
OmniDiskSweeper
WhatSize
SpaceControl -
I copied my iTunes folder to an external HD and now I cannot delete it. When I try to move it to the trash it displays: The item “iTunes” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted.
Close iTunes. Click the icon to start it, then press and hold down the left shift key. Keep holding until asked to choose or create a library. Choose the iTunes folder on your external drive. That should bring back all your playlists, ratings, play counts etc. You may have to settle for removing and reloading the media onto the device again. That's not too bad, but what you don't want to have happen is your apps being removed and reloaded as then you can lose settings and data. If that looks likely backup and then restore the device rather than sync it.
If for some reason rebuilding the library the way you did has moved files around then the restored library may have trouble finding things. If so post back and I'll explain what to do...
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Does any one know what this means? The item “F0448200” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted. It popped up on my desktop and I do not know what it is or how to delete it.
When you do Get Info on that file what application does it show that file to be associated with?
Allan -
HT1526 The item "XYZ" can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted.
I received this message when trying to delete 3 excel files from my laptop: The item "(XYZ)” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted" How do I delete them?
Solving Trash Problems...
http://thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html -
I had hacker problems so I reloaded Snow Leopard. Afterwards, Mac had to delete 798 items. Now it is looping on 4 items to delete for the past 2 weeks. I can't reboot, reload, or restart. I have to let the battery run down for it to turn off. I think a big part of the problem is that someon one the internet (the hacker) was mirroring my hard drive. It seems to have locked up my system. I could be wrong about this guess, though. All I do know is that it is now looping on the last 4 iems, and I can't do anything.
Well, I can get it to turn on, but all it does is continously try to delete the last 4 items. When I try to reload Snow Leopard, it tells me my hard drive is full and that I need to delete items.
Can anyone help? I am so lost without my Mac. I am back on the PC, and though it works, I'm sure many of you will understand when I say it's just not a Mac.
Thanks.I installed Snow Leopard using my Apple external Superdrive. I followed directions I found on the Apple site. Here is the article info: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install
Article HT3910
located at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910
Everything was going smoothly until I got to the reinstall part. I had to choose to reinstall on a hard drive or network drive. I've never used a network drive; just the hard drive. It seems that's where the troubles began. I selected the hard drive. It seemed to go well, and then I got the message that I needed to delete some files because I was out of space. I chose to get rid of my music files, but, there were only 636. I don't know what the rest of the files were. I was using the Secure Empty Trash command.
That was my first time doing an erase and install. I tried to do it again, but I now get a continuous error telling me that my hard drive is full and I must delete files. Only I can't delete files because 4 files are still being deleted and my computer won't let me stop the process.
I found out about the hackers mostly by the fact that whenever I used to watch something like Hulu or Netflix, I never had problems with internet connection or speed. Lately, I had internet connection problems. I went in to check my settings for my internet provider and found out the settings had been changed to public and all these extra computers were connected to my network. -
Old deleted items appearing again in trash
Hello,
I have been reviewing my trash of late and I have noticed that items that I have previously deleted and subsequently emptied from the Trasn Car and re-appearing. Yesterday my trash was empty and today there are items appearing as having been deleted on 17th December???
Anyone know why this is?
ThanksHave you tried using the Secure Empty Trash option?
There may be a solution in this article: What to do when the Trash won’t empty
Mountain Lion (10.8.1)
Use Software Update or the OS 10.8.4 combo update to update your OS. Also, update everything SU has to offer for your computer. When done, repair permissions and restart your computer. -
Mac OS 10.5 /
I deleted the " Private" folder ... and emptied the trash. So the folder and its contents no longer exists on my computer at all !!!
I do have the OS 10.5 dvd that i purchased years ago...
But my computer will not start from it on its own.
My question is what is the open source or terminal language code used to tell my mac to look in the DVD rom drive for startup info? I know that im not the only person in this world who has deleted the "PRIVATE" folder and emptied the trash so it no longer exists on their machine...
That said theres gotta be a common fix for a Power PC G4 that has the OS X dvd in the rom drive but wont look to it to reinstall the vital contents of the PRIVATE folder.
Once again there is not a copy of this file or its contents in the recycle bin...
Also rebooting the machine , pressing and holding the letter C does not prompt the machine to look to the dvd rom drive.
I was reinstalling pro tools and figured I would make some room by cleaning my computers HD...
Lol It was a bad choice to delete this file ...
Thanks guysOkay sorry it took forever to respond... But for a while there I gave up on this computer!!!!
Money's been tight lately , so taking it in to a professional was not yet an option... though I did consider it eventhough.
Anyway long story short im glad I didnt spend any money because I already had all the tools necessary to fix this issue but was going about it in the wrong way. Okay so here is my scenario and the breakdown... Though this may not fix the issue for everyone :( which *****... But I know we all will have different circumstances.
Anyway here we go...
Okay so first things first.... Years ago I purchased the OS 10.5.1 disk ... So that has always been in my possession!!!!
I realize that some may not have a disk to reflash your OS to your hard drive... but if you do your in luck.
2ndly ... I had an external harddrive with all of my itunes downloaded music so it was more than okay with me to delete my primary HD because all the important stuff could either be copied over or repathed to be located.
-------If you dont want to read through the whole story the fix is summed up in the bottom section-------
Okay so now the SOLUTION!!!!
By trial and error , and pure boredom I opened up my computer to clean the inside...
AND
"Disconnected the primary HD"
and just because ....... REBOOTED my computer. Just to see what it would do.
Upon restart and though it looked like it would repeat its usual cycle...
About 1 minute in to that process my computer froze for about 2 seconds and flashed to the OS installation screen.
Mind you I havent seen this screen yet... Probably hasnt been since I installed the OS years ago.
After a bit of trial and error...
I decided to tell my computer to startup from the OS 10.5 disk located in my dvd rom drive and restarted once again...
this setting is under
Utilities / startup disk
After a little more trial and error ... I realized that I could reconnect the primary HD , restart the machine and return to the OS installation menu.
So upon this discovery
I went to the Disk Utility located under Utilities
Highlighted my primary HD located in the left hand column
Once highlighted ...
In the heading section on the right I selected the option
Erase
in which I erased My current OS on my primary HD ...
I used the first option in the list under security... Because it seemed like the least invasive and would take the least amount of time to see if this process would actually work.
I FORGOT to add something...
Another reason why I deleted my primary HD!!!!!
I forgot to say that it WOULD NOT!!!!! Show up in the STARTUP list as an option...Even After multiple reboots....
But like clockwork... Once I deleted its name IT SHOWED UP as an option!!!!
So back to the next step...
I returned to the STARTUP option under utilities ... And was then able to see MY primary HD now as a startup option...
But ofcourse it had no name because it we previously erased it.
So when Clicking my newly erased HD ... I was almost immediately prompted to REINSTALL the OS ...
Which said it would take about 57 minutes ... But I believe was alot less...
My issue was resolved ... My computer then stated the install was SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!! :))))))))))) lol ;)
It was like I was setting up for the first time ;) asking for my registration info...
The dilemma of deleting the private folder and emptying the trash is finally over resolved. Done ... and no extra money spent!!!!!!!!!
Its really crazy that the information for such a simple thing is not readily available. Especially being such a simple fix.
I know im not the only person who's had this issue , because i've seen numerous posts with similar wording.
I also know I wont be the last person to have this issue... So I hope this synopsis makes sense.
-------One more time the fix------
*Insert your OS dvd into your dvd rom drive.
*Unplug your primary HD or corrupted startup disk
*Reboot your machine...
Upon restart your primary HD will not be recognized...
* you will then be prompted to select your language.
Once selected
*Click Utilities/startup... Highlight the the selection that refers to the OS dvd located in the dvd rom drive.
* Click restart...
!!!!!!!!!!Be sure to reconnect your Primary HD Before your computer restarts and you hear the chime!!!!!!!!
If you do not replug your HD before the chime it will not be recognized.
In that case restart again.
Upon restart once again
*Choose your language...
*Click Utilities / disk utility
In the left column select and
*Highlight your HD ...
Then towards the top portion / center of the page
*Click the heading Erase
Then on the page toward the bottom
*Click security options
This will then provide erase options.
I USED THE FIRST OPTION
"Dont erase data"...
*click OK
* click erase...
Once erased which should take a few seconds
*Cancel the disk utility...
* Click Utilities / startup
And your newly erased HD should now appear in the list.
* Select your drive from the list by highlighting
It should no longer have a name.
*Once selected, you will then be prompted to restart and install the OS to your newly erased HD...
Thats it!!!!
Once everything reinstalls re-add your personal info or registration info and you are up and running.
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If an item is deleted before opening does it open in the background anyway?
If an item is deleted in 'mail' before it is opened does it open in the background anyway? I am concerned about hackers, worms etc.
No, if you delete, that is trash and then empty the trash, it is gone from the system.
If you are really, really concerned, delete, empty trash, and then restart the system...anything that may have been in volatile memory will be gone that way. -
My trash bin is empty, when I delete one item and try to empty trash it say there are 6 items to delete? Any ideas?
Try holding down the Option key when emptying the Trash.
If that doesn't help, try here > Mac troubleshooting: What to do when the Trash won’t empty
This free utillity is handy for stubborn trash > Download Trash It! for Mac -
Trash error "Items to delete: -1"
Whenever I am trying to delete a folder from my server Trash hangs.
The window says "Items to delete: -1", then it just hangs. I usually have to hard reset my Mac after Trash hangs to make the dialogue go away.
I am running 10.6.5
Model Name: Mac Pro
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3.32 GHz
Memory: 6 GB
On my older Mac running 10.4.11 I don't run into this issue. Does anybody have any ideas on how to stop this from happening?
Thanks!Diddo here...
iMac 7,1
This, I've found, is only occuring for me with trash I am trying to delete from an external 1Tb Seagate.
Something got corrupted in the backupd files and I haven't found a good way to go about deleting it.... (I have othe sensitive info on the drive, so complete wipe is no good)
You can try using "secure empty trash" found in the File tab when you open the trash, that may work for you.
For me it was working, but it is trying to delete 27,000,000 files (no typo)
By my calculations at the rate of deletion would have taken 26 days.....sheesh
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How do I get my deleted emails to go to the deleted items in Outlook and not the archived folder?
How do I get my deleted emails to go to the deleted items in Outlook and not the archived folder?
Who is the email account provider?
With an Apple iCloud account, there is a preference setting with the account settings on the iPhone to archive messages - save deleted messages in your Archive folder.
I believe the same is available with a Gmail account.
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