Why won't my Trash empty everything but an HP Folder?

It wil empty everything else in it except the HP folder.  I don't even know how it got into the Trash..it must have been a mistake.

Repair permissions, restart your computer and empty the trash.  If that does not work, hold down the option key & empty the trash.  Try Secure Empty trash from the Finder menu. 

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  • Why won't my trash empty or show that it is empty?

    HI!
    I deleted a lot of files from my external drive then Trash deleted some of them but not all. I'm trying to Empty Securely Trash but it says: "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items."
    I tried to press the option key and then Empty Securely Trash but it didn't work.
    When I log into my administration account and insert the external drive then it shows that Trash is empty but when I use my usual users account and insert the external drive then it shows that there are items in the trash but it won't let me Empty the Trash.
    Otherwise both my admistration account trash and usual users account trash are both empty, Its only when I use my usual users account and insert external drive then it shows items in the Trash and won't let me Empty it.
    So now I don't know if there are actually items in the Trash that I can't delete or the Trash is actually empty but for some reason it show that it is not and won't let me Empty it.
    Tried restarting computer multiple times but still nothing.
    Help!

    Unfortunately don't have any other macs around here.
    When I did Disk Utility then only Verify Disk and Repair Disk buttons are active. Verify Disk Permissions and Repair Disk Permissions buttons are not active at all. Don't know why is that. I assumed that they werent supposed to be active  with external harddrives as my other external harddrive which seems to be ok, when I mount it, then last 2 buttons I metioned also are not active. But if you say to use Repair Disk Permissions then something must be wrong with both of my external harddrives?
    Anyway the external drive which Im concerned with right now  (the trash won't empty), when I did Verify Disk and Repair Disk then got this:
    Verifying volume “MY PASSPORT”
    ** /dev/disk1s1
    ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
    ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
    ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
    10158 files, 132201376 KiB free (4131293 clusters)
    Verify and Repair volume “MY PASSPORT”
    Error: Could not unmount disk
    Verifying volume “MY PASSPORT”
    ** /dev/disk1s1
    ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
    ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
    ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
    10156 files, 132201472 KiB free (4131296 clusters)
    Verify and Repair volume “MY PASSPORT”
    Error: Could not unmount disk

  • Why won't my TRASH empty securely and completely?

    I have tried several times to dump my trash.  The message comes up to empty all or just unlocked items.  I select the all option and it begins to empty the trash bin.  But soon after starting, the trash -------- bar showing how many trash items have been emptied shuts down.  When I go back to check the trash bin, there is still a lot of trash that hasn't been dumped.  How do I fix my trash bin so it empties everything out?
    dgsmeall is puzzled!

    Log out and back in (or reboot) then try emptying again.
    If that doesn't work try Trash It!.

  • Why won't my trash empty?

    I have files in my trash, and every time I try to empty my trash, it'll make the sound but the files will still be there. Is there something wrong with my computer???

    I had a similar problem and tried the following without effect:
    - Restarted the computer and tried again (twice).
    - Held down Option while emptying.
    - Opened the trash folder and tried a secure delete.
    - Downloaded "Trash-It!" and ran it.
    Finally, I ran Disk Utility from a restart (holding down Cmd and R key during the restart until Disk Utility came up). Repair disk found bad files and fixed them.  Now trash works fine.
    So far, no other problems.

  • Why won't emails I send go into my Sent folder?

    I would appreciate some help figuring out the following issue:
    I am registered in iCloud. On an older Mac, I am accessing iCloud via Safari. After logging into iCloud, I see the icons for my Mail, Contacts, Calendar, FMiP and iWork. Mail, Contacts and Calendar seem to be syncing okay between my older Mac (accessing iCloud via browser) and my iPhone - except the following:
    When I send an email (or reply to an inbox email) from my older Mac (iCloud via browser) the email IS sent. However, the email I sent does NOT automatically appear in my Sent folder - either in iCloud via browser or on my iPhone Mail application. This is the problem - namely, sent emails sent using iCloud via browser do not show in the Sent folder.
    As additional information, when I send a new email or reply to an old email USING MY IPHONE MAIL APPLICATION, the message DOES appear in the Sent folder on both my older Mac (accessing iCloud via Browser) and my iPhone.  This works fine, but the reverse procedure does not.
    Why won't messages sent from my iCloud via Browser appear in the Sent folder?  Is there a bug in the Apple software?
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    Do you have "Save sent messages in:" checked in Preference > General on icloud.com, and are you looking in the mailbox set in that option?

  • Why doesn't iphoto trash empty

    I am trying to empty my photos from the iPhoto 11 trash and they will not empty.  What do I do?

    Then it's likely that trying to trash that number of photos has corrupted the Library.
    Option 1
    Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
    If that fails:
    Option 2
    Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
    Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
    Regards
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  • Why won't my Trash folder sync?

    I’ve got an iPhone 3G and use it with my employer’s MS Outlook 2003. The problem I’m having is that the Trash folder won’t sync – it hasn’t sync’d since 19th Jan (no idea of anything significant that happened that day). All of my other folders sync fine.
    When I go into the folder it tries to sync:
    - It says “Connecting ...” at the bottom of the screen
    - I then get an error message saying “Cannot Get Mail. The connection to the server failed”
    Any ideas?
    Jedzi

    My Trash folder also does not sync with my Exchange Mail.
    Every other function of the iPhone works with no issues.
    Company uses Exchange 2003. I checked with a co-worker who has the same iPhone firmware (2.2.1) and is also on the same exchange server as I am. He does not have the same issue.
    My issue is not as extreme as the others, my Trash just began to have the sync issue about 2 weeks ago, on March 26th.
    I have tried keeping the phone powered off for 1 hour to see if that would reset it, with no luck.
    Will restore the phone if no solution is available in the next couple days. If I do a restore I will post back and let you know how it .
    EDIT: A few other things I tried just now with no luck, deleted and then re-entered my password in the Mail settings.
    Also tried to change the amount of messages the phone syncs (from 200 to 50, then back to 200).
    Turned on WiFi and tried to sync, then turned off WiFi and attempted a sync again.
    Changed Fetch settings from manual to 15 minutes, then back to manual again.
    Created a folder called "Test" in my mailbox through Outlook Web Access, moved a message from my Inbox to "Test"....checked my iPhone and it had no problems syncing the message in "Test" Moved the item into Deleted Items via OWA, then checked iPhone Trash and it still cannot sync, same error message.
    Message was edited by: SleeveOfWizard

  • Why won't videos appear on Yahoo but will on Youtube?

    I have the current iMac model, Firefox 31.0, updated Adobe Flash player, updated Quicktime player.

    Hi misssallyg,
    On yahoo, if you right click on the video, are there the same options that appear there as they do when you right click on a youtube video?
    For example, on yahoo this is a video that appears to be on youtube: [https://www.yahoo.com/movies/michael-keatons-major-batman-spoiler-as-today-89692324312.html]
    Do you have an example where this is happening?

  • Why won't all my pictures copy to a new folder from iPhoto?

    When I try to copy 95 photos from an events folder to a folder on the desktop, only 62 are copied.  Why is that?

    Hi Terence,
    Two quick questions:  I either rebuilt or restored my iphoto library a couple of months ago due to inability to read and received the error:  may be in use by another application.  This occured on a 2006 macbook pro that i upgraded to lion and also iphoto 11/9.3.
    I dont remember if I rebuilt or restored (couple months gone by); however, it worked!  So no issue there.  Just wanted to give you a history as I believe it is related to my current inquiry.
    Question 1:  Further exploration shows that I have 114Gb when I do "Get Info" on the pictures folder in my home folder.  Omnidisk sweep also says I have 115Gb in pictures.However, when I lookup storage in the system information it says that I only have 70Gb in photos.  Why the discrepancy?  Did I double my library size by doing the above rebuild/restore?  Should I not worry about this as system info only shows 70Gb vs. 114Gb in pictures folder?  I also trashed the ipod photo cache (read this in previous thread from you) and saw this will be no biggie as it will be rebuilt. This got me back 14Gb, but did nothing for the above discrepancy. 
    Question #2:  since I did the above, i've noticed an enormous increase in HD usage in "other" category, I do not believe this was related to the above; however, since following you and some threads I turned off time machine and therefore solved the local backup hogging up HD problem.   Since doing both things above, got at least 7Gb back-great, but believe I can still get more as I still have 45Gb of "other" in my system info. 
    Are there still mobile time machine backups looming in the background or do I have some picures from restore/rebuild?  if so what is best way to delete this extra data w/out harming my photos? 
    Thanks so much for your time
    waveone

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    I am trying to add a separate folder  with 160 pictures in it to my iphone 4 but iTunes is only recognizing 83 of them the are all jpeg and roughly the same size they are not read only.

    Try deleting the photo cache from your computer and then re-try the photo sync and see if they then copy over - the location of the cache, and how to delete it, is on this page http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1314

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    I have checked
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    but it applies for Lepoard so what about Lion?
    Any Help? I did remove all the signature yet, still cannot save it.

    I've solved it!
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  • 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!

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  • 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.

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