Hi Chris, If you really want to empty the trash, and don't care about any of the files, from the finder, press command+option+shift+delete. This should go ahead and completely empty the trash without any prompting.
Robert Carter On Jan 22, 2013, at 6:04 AM, chris h (sky) <challswor...@sky.com> wrote: > Good afternoon all. > I am having a problem eptying the trash. This has been happening for a while > now. Here is what I do. > 1. I press command-shift-delete in the Finder. > 2. I am asked if I want to securely erase the trash. This is my personal > preference so I let it go ahead. > 3. I then get a window with the buttons remove unlocked files and remove all. > 4. I click remove unlocked files. > 5. It goes ahead and empties it for a while, but then I'm taken back to the > Finder. The same is true if I have clicked remove all. > But what concerns me is the window I described above, plus I have about > 13,000 files in the trash, which just won't go away. > Should I consider booting to the recovery partition, erasing the Macintosh Hd > volume, then reinstall Mountain Lion from scratch? > This is on a 2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch without Retina Display. > Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > Chris. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
