I had a funny thing happen with my iBook where I couldn't delete a folder. But then one day I booted up in OS 9 (I normally run OS X Jaguar) and I was able to option delete the supposedly locked files which I couldn't delete or unlock in OS X!
Not that this helps your problem... But I'm wondering why Apple seems to have a problem with taking out its trash!>!?>!ER!>? > Thanks for the tips on getting rid of the offending items. Somehow, one > of those tricks worked, though I'm not sure which one. :) > > However, I still have one dangling problem. Norton Utilities reports a > Catalog B-tree error that it can't fix. It says that there is a folder > with no parent folder somewhere in the catalog. > > I tried "unerasing" the file(s) with Norton, and that didn't work. > Remarkably, Sherlock v2 can find the folder and its files, but Sherlock's > 'move to trash' function won't affect it either. > > Is there a tool that I can dig into the B-tree with? I thought Norton > used to have a Disk Editor, but apparently the more recent versions don't, > and I don't want to use an older version, because I've hear that they > don't work with HFS+ volumes, which the one in question is. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks again for the previous help. > > _________ > | homas > > Thomas A. Compter > Software Engineer > General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products > 802-657-6103 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
