Trashcan not allowing me to delete a large file
I try to delete a big avi file I have on my MacBook pro and all i get is
"The operation cannot be completed because the item ".avi" is in use.
But it's not, no applications are opened that are using it, not even the preview in finder.
now my trashcan says that I cannot open it because items are being deleted.
what do I do? I have hardly any room left on my Macintosh HD
thanks
OK, try this. Restart in single-user mode - hold down the command and S keys when the screen goes black. You'll see a text prompt. Type these lines, hitting the return key after each one. Pay careful attention to spaces. Replace YOURUSER by your short user name ie the name of your home folder, eg "jsmith").
<pre>
mount -uw /
cd /Users/YOURUSER
rm -rf .Trash
reboot
</pre>
If you see any messages at all after any of the lines, make a note of them, stop, and post back here - none of the lines should result in any message. When you restart, you'll have an empty trash folder.
Matt
Message was edited by: Matt Clifton
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