Why is emptying trash so slow? Is there a way to make it faster?

I am trying to clean up my external hard drives, by moving things to trash. There are several several items, but this is A MacBook PRO and I thought emptying trash would be a fast process. It's taken about 24 hours to delete roughly 200 items. Is there a faster way to delete stuff?

Relaunch the Finder, then from the Finder menu bar, select
Finder ▹ Preferences... ▹ Advanced
and uncheck the box marked
Empty Trash securely
Try again to empty the Trash.

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Why is emptying trash so slow in Snow Leopard??

Why is emptying trash so slow in Snow Leopard!?
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Have you just upgraded by the sound of it? Snow Leopard's trash is fine here.
Check to see if your Finder Preferences > Advanced tab has Empty Trash securely selected. That will slow things down. If so, deselect it to speed things up.

IS there anpossible ways to retreive a file after it was erased and emptied trash bin?, IS there anpossible ways to retreive a file after it was erased and emptied trash bin?

Is there any possible way to retreive an erased file aftyer emptied trash bin?

Buy a disk drive. Use TimeMachine. Put a 2nd partition that you use to clone your system.
Have 2-3 sets of your files: active working files, backup #1 and backup #2
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HT4623 After I updated my iPad using my computer, it has started to lag a lot and run very slowly. Why is it doing this and is there any way to make it stop lagging?

I updated my iPad mini last night using my laptop (I usually update it on the iPad itself) and after the update, the iPad has been slow and laggy ever since. When I try to type something, it freezes up and may not actually show that i typed it for another minute or two. Even if I close all my apps and restart it, the problem is still there. Does anybody know what's going on and/or how to solve this problem?

Try Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary

REALLY Slow Internet Loading--Is there a way to make it faster?

I bought a new Macbook 3 weeks ago at the Apple store. I am a long-time pc user who took the Apple plunge mostly because I am sick of getting viruses all the time. Unfortunately, I am pretty disappointed with the speed of the Internet and REALLY slow loading of websites--especially business websites (cnn.com, WAMU, Citibank, WSJ, etc.) It's not my wireless internet connection because I did a side-by-side test. I sat on my couch with my 4 year old Dell pc and the new Macbook and went to the same websites at exactly the same time. My old Dell was always faster loading each website and in some business-related or video-related sites, about 35-55 seconds faster. Is there anyway to make the apple load websites faster or is slow internet just the price I have to pay to be virus-free? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Well here are some things for you.
the macbook has a 2.4 and 5 GHz wifi module. If you have a N wifi router, it may have the ability to process at the 5 GHz range. Un fortunately most receivers are operating in the 2.4 GHz range.
My recommendation is to lock your access point to either 2.4 if it is a draft N spec or G only if a B/G AP.
If you are using security to lock down your access point and are using WPA or WPA2, set the encryption to AES only.
If you have a draft N AP also set the channel width to 20/40
If you have draft N ad set it to 2.4 you will only get 130 Mb speeds on the Macbook. that is the limitation of not using 5 GHz
Check the forums of your AP manufacturer for known issues and make sure your firmware is up to date.
There is nothing inherent with Macs that make the internet slower. They use the same technology as everyone else. The issue is with how you have your AP set and how the adapter in the MB is setup.
I am going to go out on a limb and assume you do not understand the differences in the settings, frequencies, etc of wireless so it might do you good to learn a bit about it first so you better understand how to get the most out of your equipment. I hope what I have posted gets you started int he right direction

Why is my internet so slow?? how can I make it fast again?

Okay, so I have an 8520 curve... My internet download speed used to be around 30kb/s but for the past few months I just can't download anything at all because I'm lucky if my speed reaches 1kb/s now.
I did nothing to my phone, haven't changed any settings...
I'm thinking App World verson 3.whatever might be the problem? I dunno, might just be coincidence but eversince I upgraded that **bleep** this has happened.
Anyone with the same problem who managed to fix their internet? I need help before I break this phone. I mean, blackberry makes me pay for an internet service every month but what good is it if I don't get the full possibilities of this internet?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Actually, "Blackberry" (RIM, technically) does not make you pay for anything...100% of your contract is between you and your mobile service provider, who just happens to be reselling RIM services...but you pay your carrier, not RIM.
In any case, I suggest the following steps, in order, even if they seem redundant to what you have already tried (steps 1 and 2 each should result in a message coming to your BB...please wait for that before proceeding to the next step):
1) Register HRT
KB00510 How to register a BlackBerry smartphone with the wireless network
Please wait for one "registration" message to arrive to your Messages app
2) Resend Service Books
KB02830 Send the service books for the BlackBerry Internet Service
Please wait for "Activation" Messages, one per already configured email account, to arrive in your Messages. If you have no already configured email accounts, please wait 1 hour.
3) Batt Pull Reboot
Anytime random strange behavior or sluggishness creeps in, the first thing to do is a battery pop reboot. With power ON, remove the back cover and pull out the battery. Wait about a minute then replace the battery and cover. Power up and wait patiently through the long reboot -- ~5 minutes. See if things have returned to good operation. Like all computing devices, BB's suffer from memory leaks and such...with a hard reboot being the best cure.
Hopefully that will get things going again for you! If not, then you should contact your mobile service provider for formal support. After all, it's their network that you pay them for access to, and with which your BB is having difficulties.
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Internet connection too slow, is there a way to speed up the itouch?

So I can connect to Facetime, but all I see is a picture of a person and then the Itouch freezes and shuts down. I think it is because my internet connection is too slow, because it only doesn't work in my apartment (it works at places with quicker connections).
The question is, is there currently a fix to this problem (I can't be the only one who has it)? It all works, just freezes after connecting and showing the picture of the person I'm talking to then disconnects. Is there a way to make this work?
I'm at college and the only reason I got the 4g from my parents is 'cause they wanted me to help my little bro with homework back home... but if Facetime doesn't work at college then I should sell mine and go with a cheaper, earlier generation. Thanks!
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By what type of security I mean, WEP (not preferred), WPA, WPAs. I would go to the support page for you router on the manufacturer's sit to see if an update to the firmware is available. You also have to enter the setup for the router to determine the installed version of the firmware. Not infrequently a firmware update fixes problems since that is one purpose of the updates.

Since i have downloaded the new IOS 8 my ipod touch 5G has been much slower, is there any way to downgrade and get the MUCH better IOS 7 back?

I have recently downloaded the new IOS 8 and it has made my Ipod much slower.
is there any way to get IOS 7 back or a way to speed up IOS 8?

Downgrading the iOS is not supported by Apple:
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

My mac is getting very slow, is there a way i can get it to run a little quicker?

my mac is running really slow, is there any way i can get it to run a little quicker,

You want to check out the drive to be sure it isn't failing.
Get free demo of SMART Utility to test
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Probably has little to do with login items (which would usually only affect time to boot and/or login.) Don't waste your time with Permissions repair, either. Has nothing to do with it.
I have no idea which iMac you have or how old it is.
How much free space on the drive? Do CMD-I on the HD folder.
If the drive checks out, try running Applejack.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10334620-263.html?tag=mfiredir
Type in "applejack AUTO" at the prompt and let it run through the entire program. First boot after will be slower than usual, as it rebuild caches. May need several restarts to see benefits.

Is there any way to make my iPod Touch 4G to run faster? When I bought it, it was turbocharged! But now it seems to get a bit slower... Thanks in advance for any help

Is there any way to make my iPod Touch 4G to run faster? When I bought it, it was turbocharged! But now it seems to get a bit slower... Thanks in advance for any help

Periodically delete all apps from the recently-used bar (double clickHome button) and power off and then back on the iPod. With iOS 5, the iPod uses more memory (do not confuse with storage) and periodically you have to reclaim memory for use.

Hello,is there a way to make a word processing document in pages with 1" margins because at the top of page it has more than 1", and can the box at the top be deleted

hello, is there a way to make a word processing document in pages with !" inch margins? i ask this because there is a box where you can write text and the you start your document, but it takes more than 1 inch from the top, can that box be removed? and why whatever you write in the box appears in every page of the paper? is there a way to avoid this? sorry I do not use computers very often and i just want to write an essay for my english clss, thanks for your help.

The box is called Headers and is used for thing that will be repeated on several pages like page numbering and names etc.. You can uncheck it in the Inspector > Document tab

In LabVIEW6i, is there a way to make particular elements of an array invisible while the others stay visible (without losing any element's info.)?

I have an array of clusters. Each cluster pertains to a certain oscilloscope I am controlling. There is another control which specifies which oscilloscopes I have "on".
If a particular oscilloscope is "on" I want its cluster to be VISIBLE in the array. If a particular oscilloscope is "off" I want its cluster to be INVISIBLE in the array.
How can I implement this in my program without losing ANY of the info. in my array?

I suggest to use two arrays; one for user interface holding the ON clusters,
and one for internal use holding all clusters. The diagram periodically
updates the internal array with user interface array data.
By INVISIBLE do you mean "skipped from the array" or displayed as an empty
placeholder? To hide an OFF cluster you could put in the cluster a flat
button boolean that is small and transparent when ON and large enough to
cover the whole cluster area (and other controls) when OFF.
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> In LabVIEW6i, is there a way to make particular elements of an array
> invisible while the others stay visible (without losing any element's
> info.)?
>
> I have an array of clusters. Each cluster pertains to a certain
> oscilloscope I am controlling. There is another control which
> specifies which oscilloscopes I have "on".
> If a particular oscilloscope is "on" I want its cluster to be VISIBLE
> in the array. If a particular oscilloscope is "off" I want its
> cluster to be INVISIBLE in the array.
> How can I implement this in my program without losing ANY of the
> info. in my array?
LabVIEW, C'est LabVIEW

Can we put INDEXES on Views if not Is there any way to make it Index bas

Hi
I am running a query in which there are several views involved in the join condition Can we put INDEXES on Views in ORACLE 9i if not Is there any way to make it Index based views beacuse the result that i am getting is very slow and is eating like 10gb of the temp tablespace.
Thanks

No, you cannot put indexes on a view. Think about what a view is, a stored sql statement. Oracle has no way of knowing what rows are in a view until it actually runs the view. So, even if you could, Oracle would need to run the view to get the rows, build the index, then run your query a second time using the index. Seems counter productive to me. A view can use indexes on the underlying tables if appropriate.
Generally speaking, I would say that a query that makes use of multiple views is probably really inefficient. Often, you are only looking for one or two columns from a view which may require joining several tables whose columns are of no use in the main query. I would start by re-writing the query using the base tables, and only using those tables that are actually required to answer the question.
TTFN
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Is There a Way to Make the Background App Be Useable?

Hi. Is there a way to make the background useable? For example, you have a fullscreen only app in the background and you want/wanted (which is the correct grammar btw, those who're native speakers and why?) and you have Safari for some tutorial, is there a way to access the background app (for example if it's a drawing app you're learning).
It is possible I guess if the background is/was (which is the correct grammar again btw and why) was resizable.
Thanks in advance.
Gbu.

Another way to be able to get to the tutorial in Safari would be to double-click the titlebar of the drawing app's window. Doing that should minimize it, dropping it into the Dock, thus making the Safari window visible. You can bring the drawing back up and front by clicking its icon in the Dock.
I can see a lot of confusion happening if it were possible to have the top window inactive and one in the back of it active. One would have to be really alert as to which window was the active one, to avoid something happening in the wrong place. I'm glad it doesn't work that way.
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Is there any way to make my iPod THE iTunes Library?

Is there any way to make my iPod THE iTunes Library? I would like to free up all the space my iTunes Library takes up on my MacBook Pro, so I was considering purchasing an portable external hard drive to hold my iTunes Library…then it dawned on me… why shouldn’t I just be able to use my iPod for this? But not as simply a hard drive, but be able to access my songs on the iPod the same as I do now?

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