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- Apr 11, 2007
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- Location
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Your Mac's Specs
- MacBook & iMac 21"
I have a problem with my trash can automatically emptying anything I put into it, iow it no longer functions as a safe 'holding bin'. I have received two replies with two different programming instructions. One was "rm -rf ~/.Trash" then "killall Finder" which had no effect. The other was "mkdir~/.Trash" then "sudo chmod 700~/.Trash" which prompted the following message:
"We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Password:"
The password area for some reason is non-responsive. Need I add that I am totally new to OS X? and am unused to getting into the guts of the programming?
What can I do short of reinstalling the whole OS?
Feeling Daunted
Mark in HD
"We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Password:"
The password area for some reason is non-responsive. Need I add that I am totally new to OS X? and am unused to getting into the guts of the programming?
What can I do short of reinstalling the whole OS?
Feeling Daunted
Mark in HD