Trash emptying problem

Hi,
The trash is refusing to empty a couple of font packages, saying that they are locked. But 'Get Info' shows them not to be locked.  I own permissions for the Mac.
Solutions most welcome!
newomary

Reboot, then see if you can empty the trash.
After that, if you cannot, try Trash It!.
And if that doesn't work read the following:
The X Lab: Solving Trash Problems

Similar Messages

  • Does Apple know mountain lion has a trash empty problem?

    Still waiting for Appe to send a patch/update to fix the trash emptying issue on Mountain Lion.  Since the last update it's been a nightmare.

    Please explain what kind of a problem you are seeing with emptying Trash?
    I see no problems with Trash using Mountain Lion whar so ever.
    Allan

  • Trash Emptying Problems

    I have 2 items that I cannot empty in the trash. I have a version of Safari that I had to replace with one from the install disk and then update. When I try to empty the trash with the old Safari I just get the spinning wheel of death and then I have to restart the computer. I also have a version of quicktime that I am trying to get rid of but when I try to empty the trash I get a message that it is preparing to empty the trash but it never does. I try to empty with one thing at a time, not both, but no luck.

    Look at these links.
    You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash in Mac OS X
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106272
    Mac OS X 10.2: Cannot delete an incomplete copy or download
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107426
    Solving Trash Problems
    http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
    How To Fix Stubborn Trash and Why it Won't Delete
    http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Trash/index.ws
    Download Trash It! v3.6.1 from:
    http://www.nonamescriptware.com/?page_id=5
    Download DropNuke from:
    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12664
     Cheers, Tom

  • Trash emptying problem.  Shred only!

    Some time ago, probably after an update, my choice for emptying trash was only to shred.  I don't need to shred everything and it takes hours.  I can't quit the process either.  What can I do. Running imac system 10.6.8.

    Go into your finder preferences and change that option, take a look at this link, http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/07/how-to-always-secure-empty-trash/

  • IMAP trash emptying on its own

    I've searched for anyone else having this issue to no avail.
    I have setup a folder called iPhone Trash on my Mail server. I assigned it on my iPhone as the trash can and set that IMAP account to NEVER delete messages. It properly drops the message in that box when I delete it and I can see it on my web-based mail client.
    The issue is, every day or so, that box empties out. I haven't set any special rules on my server to delete messages from this box. I have the proper setting on the iPhone not to delete messages. Why is this trash emptying?
    Has anyone else experienced something similar? Thanks for any help.
    Regards,
    Clay

    I have exactly this problem. My IMAP trash folder used to have 1000+ messages in it (i'm lazy and never empty it). Within 1 week of purchasing my iPhone this was down to just 50 or so messages. I assumed I'd mistakenly hit empty on my computer at some point.
    Today I've checked and trash only has 30 messages in, the oldest is from 1 week ago (5 days after I started using my iPhone). So to me it looks like the iPhone is somehow killing off messages in trash older than a week.
    I access the same account on my PC using outlook 2007, and also over a web interface. I have done so for some time with no problems. I have to conclude it's my iPhone doing the deleting then. I have been running 1.1.2 ever since I got the phone. It is set up to never remove deleted messages (although it looks suspiciously like it's running with the "remove after 1 week" setting).
    Not a major drama - I have deleted these messages after all! But an interesting quirk.

  • The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items. ive moved these files from my sd card to the trash, when i take out the sd card the trash empties but then fills up when i put it back in, it wont empty.

    The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items. ive moved these files from my sd card to the trash, when i take out the sd card the trash empties but then fills up when i put it back in, it wont empty.

    In the Finder, press the key combination shift-command-C, or select
              Go ▹ Computer
    from the menu bar. A window will open showing all mounted volumes. Select the one in question and open the Info window. What is shown as the Format in the General section?

  • IMovie in regular trash, trash emptied, HOW to RETRIEVE?

    Help I have a student class of young teen filmmakers. Somebody! threw a movie in the trash & emptied it. also threw away iphoto images.
    Please help with advice on how to retrieve this movie. I can buy software if necessary.

    Since we don't have Time Machine just yet...
    http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

  • Fastest Trash Emptying Software?

    I use a G4 QuickSilver 2002; run Tiger & Leopard.  What is the fastest trash emptying software for Tiger & Leopard?

    For reasons I do not understand, if I empty the trash can twice rapidly in a row, the second empty will be much slower than the first.  I consider it a "feature".
    Do you have mulitple partitions?  Flash drives attached?  You have a trash can per partition. The GUI combines these into one trash can.
    I'd live with the slow empty.
    There is the unix rm and rmdir commands. They'd be fast, but dangerous.

  • Ok. Add me to the moron list. I guess I am an over zealous trash emptier. Can I retrieve those images from the vastness by entering my time machine and restore the library from a previous date (when I wasn't a moron?)

    Ok. Add me to the moron list. I guess I am an over zealous trash emptier. Can I retrieve those images by entering my time machine and restoring the Iphoto library from a previous date (when I wasn't a moron?)

    Masters is where you want to be. They'll be in there in folders based on the date and time they were imported.
    Regards
    TD

  • Logout, sleep, and secure trash empty

    When securely emptying trash, the system goes to sleep, then tries to log out if the system is left unattended while trash is securely being emptied. When I go to wake the system, I have to log in (expected from reading other threads); however, the secure trash emptying prevented finder from quitting (the "Finder can't quit becaused some operations are in progress" and the "Trash" emptying window still active diolog window appears after relogging in) and the login items closed during the logout do not reopen after logging in. Energy saver is temporarily set for the system to not sleep due to a very large amount of files that need deleting.

    Open the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences and turn off automatic logout.
    (81269)

  • Why isn't storage increased if a film has been deleted and trash emptied?

    Why isn't storage increased if a video has been deleted and trash emptied?

    This is very strange. Here are two screen shots from my computer, before and after deleting a 14 gB folder. Notice that the number in Used: is 14 gB less, as it should be. What numbers are you comparing?

  • Another "I can't empty my trash!" problem...!

    Hi All,
    Sorry, but this is another "I can't empty my trash" problem.
    Have scoured the internet trying all the remedies but can't seem to delete these stupid folders.
    I've tried the option key, secure emptying, going into Terminal, Cocktail doesn't want anything to do with these files.
    There are 5 left over folders from my external hard-drive. They don't appear to be locked anymore (Get Info panel says so) but Leopard keeps shouting "Insufficient Privileges" at me every time I try to delete them.
    "/Volumes/EXHD/.Trashes/501/MUSIC", that's the direct path to the main folder that's being stubborn.
    Please help me, all I want is a clear Trash Can!

    tenorhorn wrote:
    Hi All,
    Sorry, but this is another "I can't empty my trash" problem.
    Have scoured the internet trying all the remedies but can't seem to delete these stupid folders.
    I've tried the option key, secure emptying, going into Terminal, Cocktail doesn't want anything to do with these files.
    There are 5 left over folders from my external hard-drive. They don't appear to be locked anymore (Get Info panel says so) but Leopard keeps shouting "Insufficient Privileges" at me every time I try to delete them.
    "/Volumes/EXHD/.Trashes/501/MUSIC", that's the direct path to the main folder that's being stubborn.
    Please help me, all I want is a clear Trash Can!
    Welcome to Apple Discussions:
    Remember how the trash works. The trashed files are not necessarily on your Mac.
    When you trash a file, it goes into the local (maybe hidden) trash folder on the harddrive. The desktop trash only contains a link to the actual file in the trashbin on the external drive.
    The proper way to delete that trash would be to reconnect the external drive and then empty the trash, assuming that the external drive has not been modified.
    You say you used the terminal - exactly what did you do?
    In a terminal, enter the following commands
    cd .Trash
    ls -al
    you should see a listing of the files in the trashbin.
    On my machine here are the results for a trashed folder and file:
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 nero nero 4 Oct 20 20:27 testfile.txt
    drwxr-xr-x 2 nero nero 68 Oct 20 20:19 untitled folder
    Notice that I own both files/folders and most importantly, I have write (w) permission on them.
    Post back your results and perhaps we can diagnose the problem better.

  • Error code -8003 when emptying trash; underlying problem?

    I am continually getting this error message when trying to empty the trash:
    "The operation couldn't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)"
    I have searched the forums and have picked up on ways to ovecome this - I use Onyx or TrashIt to empty the trash, but the issue comes back very soon, often the same day. Would like find an fix the underlying problem.
    I have done some testing and think I know at least part of the problem. I use the MacUpdate program to find and download updates to the programs on my Mac, and I also use AppTrap to delete files associated with applications that I am deleting. When MacUpdate updates an app it throws the old one in the trash, and AppTrap asks if I want to keep or trash preferences, and I of course choose keep. I have noted that the empty trash problem seems to occur after automatic updates - not after everyone one, but it has NEVER occured without something being in the trash that got sent there by MacUpdate.
    I took everything out of the trash and deleted things one by one, even opening packages, and found at least one item that wouldn't delete, a version of Carbon Copy Cloner that was updated by MacUpdate. I checked and it was not locked, and I had Read Write permission. I found another file that would generate teh -8300 error; when I clicked the lock pad and entered my password, it would then delete. But other files that have the padlock locked will delete, but it seems at least some programs updated by MacUpdate won't delete unless you unlock the file.
    Do any other of the people on this forum who have experienced the -8300 error also us MacUpdate? I know that some people get this error from deleting files from their Time Machine backup, but that is not my situation.

    Start with http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

  • I do not have permission to delete my trash.  It only shows trash when my external hard drive is connected.  If it is not connected, the trash empties.  What can I do to have the trash empty when the hard drive is connected?

    When emptying my trash, I get "The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items."  (I always have a hard drive connected and have just found out that if I disconnect the hard drive, none of that trash shows in the trash can....so there has to be some correlation with the hard drive.  I have had my mac for a year, and never had this problem before though with the hard drive hooked up and all the trash being able to empty completely.)   How can I get rid of the trash.  FYI - I do not have the time machine hooked up, so I know that is not an issue.  Thanks for any ideas to try!

    Please look over XLab's Solving Trash Problems article for some hints. This is an excellent  place to start.

  • Weird Trash Emptying Behavior, Need Help!

    I've read the apple support article for emptying trash, changing file permissions, etc.; I've also tried searching the apple discussions... So I hope someone can help me here!
    I recently deleted Adobe CS2 from my applications. A lot of files were dragged to the trash, and now there are two folders in the trash that won't delete.
    They are:
    1. a folder called "Adobe Illustrator CS2", containing a folder named "Legal", containing a file named "Tiếng Việt.html" (the name's characters seem to be from a different character set).
    2. a folder called "Adobe Photoshop CS2", also containing a folder named "Legal", also containing a file named "Tiếng Việt.html" (same as above).
    Here are the issues:
    1. When I try to empty trash, nothing happens, these files just don't delete.
    2. When I try to secure empty trash, I get the message: "The operation cannot be completed because the item 'legal' is in use."
    3. I have permission to read and write the files and folders. Just to be sure, I tried "apply to enclosed items" in "get info", I get this error message: "The operation cannot be completed because one or more required items cannot be found. (Error code -43). I can open the trash and look at the files. They are definitely there.
    4. I read somewhere that because the names contain weird characters, they may not delete. When I try to rename the files, I get this error: "An unexpected error occurred (error code -43)."
    5. I've tried "chflags -R nouchg " and "sudo chflags -R nouchg " in terminal, and I get errors saying the files do not exist (after I drag the folders into terminal.)
    Help! What should I do to try and fix this? I have no idea what is going on!

    The problem is the illegal characters in the file name. Try booting from your install disk, then go to the menu and select Disk Utility and run the First Aid-Repair Disk function. Restart, and you should be able to empty the Trash.
    Francine
    Francine
    Schwieder

Maybe you are looking for