Another way to clear this out is if you have a Linux machine some place; just mount that drive on the Linux box and rm -fr the folder and it won't care. I realize you might not have that option available to you but I do and it came in handy to do just that and additionally go after files on a broken windows environment by mounting that drive.
I wonder if one could rm the .trashes folder from a terminal on any mac. On Jul 3, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops, duh! I guess the actual easiest method would be to go to the computer > that you did the deleting on. The second easiest is what I mentioned. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-07-03, at 3:55 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, it was on another system. Thankfully, that other system is that older >> Mac I mentioned in my Pages question, so I can just go empty that one's >> trash. Thanks for the tip - I did not realize the trash was >> machine-specific, though in retrospect that setup does make more sense. >> On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm guessing that the items were put in the Trash when the Thumb Drive was >>> connected to a different system. If that's the case, then the Trash is >>> linked to the other machine so you do not have permission to empty it. The >>> easiest way to fix this is to copy the items that you wish kept from it >>> over to your Mac, then use Disk Utility to format it. You can then copy >>> the items back over and you'll have the full amount of space available. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-07-03, at 1:39 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I have a 1.04gb folder called .trashes on a thumb drive, and I want to >>>> clear it out. Google tells me to just empty the trash on the Mac and that >>>> will clear the trash of all mounted drives, but it does not, and the >>>> folder still shows as having 1.04gb in it. When I open the folder, it is >>>> empty. What is going on, and how can I get my free space back? Thanks in >>>> advance. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
