Photo in trash can but it says i can't empty the trash b.c. it's being used

I downloaded pictures to my mac, then i put them on my desktop now i want to delete them off my desktop so i dragged it into my trash can and it says i can't empty the trash can because the photo is being used. help please!

Do you have the picture file open in a program like preview? If there is a little lit dot below the Preview icon on the dock you may have it open - hence it can't delete it from the Trash.
M.

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i am deleting files through my trash in my macbook pro (2010) and then emptying the trash can, but my hard disk space is not increasing! i recently upgraded to lion and the problem is new, wasn't the same with snow leopard! HELP!!!!!
When i press command+I (Get Info) i see that there is 140 GB "Available Space" on my hard disk but when i click on my hard disk icon on the desktop, and then press "space" i only see 102 GB free!! What the f*???
Please HELP!!!!!! Getting second thoughts on Lion!!!!

Hi b,
Have you restarted yet?

Getting error code 8003 when trying to empty trash, lots and lots of stuff in there but it won't let me empty the trash.

getting error code 8003 when trying to empty trash, lots and lots of stuff in there but it won't let me empty the trash.

Thomas...
Try Trash IT for Mac > http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8214/trash-it!
It helped users with the same issue here > https://discussions.apple.com/message/16995454#16995454

How can I create hard disk space without emptying the Trash?

I moved everything in my Pictures folder into Trash, not realising the folder also had the iPhoto library.
So now all my photos have gone from iPhoto, though they are still in the Trash folder, which has not been emptied.
I have attempted to restore in two ways:
1) Through Time Machine (which has most but not all of the iPhoto library backed up, and
2) By dragging the iPhoto library from Trash into Pictures.
In both cases the restore action fails because during the process I get the message that the start up disk is running out of space.
One way to create space would be to empty the Trash, but I can't do that because I would lose the photos not backed up on Time Machine.
I was not aware of any space problems previously, so I wonder if something I have done in this process has filled up my hard disk? But in any case, the immediate problem remains - how to create space (which will hopefully allow me to restore the photo library), without clearing out the Trash folder.
Thanks for reading this, and any advice will be much appreciated.

The following comments are really off topic because unfortunately they come too late to help you in your particular case. They may even amount to venting.
The way iPhoto hides your photos in packages that are not readily accessible in the Finder—because you have to Control-Click and open the package to show its contents first—is the main reason I immediately delete iPhoto from my hard drive whenever it gets installed by an OS installation or upgrade. I hate the "Libraries" paradigm in Apple's Apperture and in Adobe's Lightroom.
I much prefer the Adobe Bridge paradigm which is totally transparent and instantly reflected in the Finder, just as any changes you make in the Finder is instantly reflected in Bridge.
After years of trying, I've given up trying to find somene's ear at Apple to let them know how unacceptable iPhoto is (on so many levels).
Similarly, I have disabled Time Machine on my Leopard boot drive, preferring to rely on SuperDuper, although my main working boot drive is a Tiger volume. Because of their intrusiveness, I've also permanently disabled Spotblight and the Dashboard on all my OS installs.
2.5 GHz Power Mac (PPC) G5-Quad; 16GB RAM; mutant, flashed 550MHz nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 1,700MHz 512MB VRAM; ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP SCSI card; Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard 10.5.8 boot drives; Spotblight, Dashboard and Time Machine permanently disabled; dual 22" CRT monitors; USB wireless 'n' available but connected to the Internet via wired Ethernet; FW flatbed scanner; 2 SCSI scanners (one tabloid-size transparency scanner and a film scanner); various internal & external HDs; FW Epson 2200 and Ethernet Samsung ML-2850ND printers; 2 X Back-UPS RS 1500 XS units.

How can I telll my application to only empty the trash and go to sleep if there is trash in the trash ?

So basically I made an application called TrashEmptier with apple script and what it does is it asks you if you want to empty the trash so you press ok and it empties the trash and then lets the computer go to sleep but it does it even if there isn't anything in the trash but how can i make it so if that they're isn't anything in the trash then it wont try to empty it and go to sleep by the way this app was made with apple script editor.
adam

This is a perfect example of why background apps aren't allowed: Imaging your user forgot that they'd set this running in your application, and then discovered that their battery was running flat in no time, because your application is constantly opening network connections.
Sorry to say that your application design is flawed if you were expecting to be able to run in the background. It's all spelt out clear as day in the iPhone OS programming guide though, so you can't say you weren't warned.

If you trashed all your music in your itunes and emptied the trash can you get them back?

I have trashed all the "orginial files" of my itunes songs and emptied the trash. I did not know I was deleting the files when I did it. I thought they would still play in my itunes but it just pops up and says the original file for this song cannot be found. Is there any way to get these files back?

I assume that you have no backup, all songs that you purchased may be downloaded again from the iTunes Store (Purchases section), any that you ripped maybe lost. Plugging your phone in now may well remove the music from the phone rather than adding it to iTunes.
From now on, backup.

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.

Permissions Armaggedon, Evernote Crashes, Back-up Disasters, and Passwords Required To Empty The Trash

I just bought a new Macbook Pro with OSX Lion 10.7.2. I had a 2009 Macbook and I migrated all the information from that notebook to my new one. I used a G-Drive External Hard Drive, and the migration seemed to have worked perfectly.
At first everything worked like a mac - perfectly.
The next day there were several problems. The only thing I think happened in between the following problems and the flawless functioning was a software update. I've attached screen shots of everything I could.
Here are the problems:
1. Permissions Armageddon
Every time i try to modify one of the documents that I migrated from the other macbook, it tells me another application changed the file, and if I would like to save my changes anyway.
I click "Save Anyway", but then it says I don't have permission to alter the document. I've repaired permissions on my mac several times to no avail.
I can fix this for each doc using the following sequence:
Open Doc in Finder -> Command I (Get Info) -> Sharing & Permissions -> change all the users to "Read & Write"
The problem is this takes about a minute for each doc, and it seems like there has to be a workaround. I've also tried selecting an entire file and applying permissions to the enclosed documents. This never does anything.
I want to be able to open a doc and edit it without needing to change permissions every time.
I don't know how to use Terminal and I'm afraid I'll mess up my computer if i try something.
2. Back-Up Disasters
I turned on Time Machine and every time it backs up it says its backing up the entire contents of my mac. Shouldn't it just back up the new changes?
3. Passwords Required To Empty The Trash & Add Items To The Trash
Every time I add a document, application, or file of any kind to the trash, I'm asked for my password. Has anyone else experienced and/or resolved this issue?
I've heard others say this is simply an extra security feature, but I wanted to make sure. If anyone from Apple sees this - please remove this redundant and unecessary feature that wastes so much time.
4. Evernote Crashes Upon Launch
Evernote crashes every time i open the application. Any idea whats causing this? Iv'e tried moving it to the trash, deleting it, and re-installing it with no luck.
Thanks for your help Apple Community!

The reason why some of the files are blocking the trash from emptying is because of specific ".app" files from third party companies like Adobe products. Not the user files or the various help documents but instead the actual mother program. Here's how to fix this problem:
1) remove from the trash all the actual software programs like Photoshop, InDesign, DreamWeaver and so on and put them on the desktop.
2) Command "I" (info) and when the dialog box opens go to the "Name & Extension" text box and remove the ".app" from the software name. Example: Photoshop.app change to Photoshop.
3) the program icon will change to a "folder icon".
4) put the folder icon back into the trash and you should be able to now empty the trash.
If you continue to get the error code 8003 it's because you may still have one or more software programs in the trash that needs to go through this process. Remember - it's not the user files or help documents or supporting files that is causing this but instead the "actual product programs".
JKai

My Macbook air doesn't let me empty the trash

I have a Macbook Air 2013, and I am having a trouble emptying the trash. I have some video files but every time
I tried to empty the trash, it says the item (the video file) is in use so the operation cannot be completed.
But I closed all the video clips and none of them are in use. Can you please help me?

I assume you're using the 3 slot mini jack of the Apple earbuds/ mic. Use a 2 slot headphone jack that doesn't make contact with the the microphone contact in the headset jack on the AIr.
The Air has a HEADSET jack, in which either headphones or headsets can be used.
headset jack on left, for both MIC and headset...............headphone jack for earbuds/ speakers on right (listening only)

Why do I get error code -8003 when attempting to empty the trash?

I moved a number of folders from a back-up drive (using Time Machine) to the trash, and have had no success in getting them out of the trash. Option+Empty, Option+Secure Empty Trash, after using Disk Utility to repair permissions and then try again, and the TrashIt! app.. nothing is working. I'm not in need of the space, I just want to get rid of the items. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, as I can't even find 'Error Code -8003' anywhere. tx

The reason why some of the files are blocking the trash from emptying is because of specific ".app" files from third party companies like Adobe products. Not the user files or the various help documents but instead the actual mother program. Here's how to fix this problem:
1) remove from the trash all the actual software programs like Photoshop, InDesign, DreamWeaver and so on and put them on the desktop.
2) Command "I" (info) and when the dialog box opens go to the "Name & Extension" text box and remove the ".app" from the software name. Example: Photoshop.app change to Photoshop.
3) the program icon will change to a "folder icon".
4) put the folder icon back into the trash and you should be able to now empty the trash.
If you continue to get the error code 8003 it's because you may still have one or more software programs in the trash that needs to go through this process. Remember - it's not the user files or help documents or supporting files that is causing this but instead the "actual product programs".
JKai

My startup disk keeps saying it is full but I have deleted as much as I can and emptied the trash......what do I do?

My startup disk keeps saying it is full and has done for a few moths. I have been through and deleted as much as I can, transferred movies to an external drive and emptied the trash, but it keeps coming up as full again after a while even though I haven't loaed anything else on......what do I do? It is so short of space now that it is saying there isn't enough memory to run some applications?? HELP!! I am new at all this stuff.

It sounds like a runaway process is filling up your volume.
Boot in safe mode. First, disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse, and monitor, if applicable, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including your login items.
Use a tool such as the one linked below to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space:
OmniDiskSweeper - Products - The Omni Group

I backed up then erased 118 gigs worth of photos, but my storage still says I'm full. I emptied the trash and rebooted but my computer won't recognize the empty space. What gives?

I backed up then erased 118 gigs worth of photos, but my storage still says I'm full. I emptied the trash and rebooted, but my computer won't recognize the empty space. What gives? I erased all my iPhoto pictures from the pictures folder in Finder so I could restore a backup from my Time Capsule. When I try to restore the library, I get a message that there's not enough room on my computer to restore. I have a Macbook Pro with 250 gig hard drive. I would greatly appreciate some help. Thanks!

If you're trying to add a large amount of data all at once, and you get an alert of insufficient space, then from the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Time Machine
If the padlock icon is closed, click it to unlock the settings and authenticate. Turn Time Machine OFF, then back ON and close the preference pane. Restart the computer. Test.

I've a MacBook, iPhoto 09, Kodak Easyshare camera. Importing photos working last wk, but today says can't import unrecognized format but it's jpg. Only change since last wk is I downloaded updates. Works fine if I attach camera to unupdated iMac

I've a MacBook, iPhoto 09, Kodak Easyshare camera. Importing photos working last wk, but today says can't import unrecognized format but it's jpg. Only change since last wk is I downloaded updates. Works fine if I attach camera to unupdated iMac

What update are you referring to? If you do a search for "Kodak" in the iPhoto community you'll find numerous posts regarding problems with Kodak cameras.
So far there's no known fix. The best workaround is to use a card reader with the memory card of the camera.
OT

I shoot RAW with my 7D Mark II. PS is up-to-date. Some of my photos from the same shoot will process but some say they can't be read. What is going on?

I shoot RAW with my 7D Mark II. PS is up-to-date. Some of my photos from the same shoot will process but some say they can't be read. What is going on?

Jim;
     All images are visible on my camera. I am using fairly new 32GB CF and SDHC cards. I will see if my card reader makes a difference. I was going over photos I took in 2012 that I have reviewed before and some of them now aren't readable now.
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I have sent a file to the trash bin. When I come to empty the trash bin everything goes out except this one particular file and I get a note saying the file is 'in use' but it is not. How can I delete this file from trash?

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:
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