Re: Problems eptying trash

[ROBERT CARTER]

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)  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.
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Re: Problems eptying trash

[Phil Halton]

that seems kind of drastic. All your settings and apps installed since the 
OS was last installed will be lost and need resetting and reinstalling, to 
say nothing of your data files if you don't first back them up.


- Original Message - 
From: "chris h (sky)" 

To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:04 AM
Subject: Problems eptying trash



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.
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Problems eptying trash

[chris h (sky)]

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.
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