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I can't delete trash from an external hard drive
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1446728" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>If you are planning on erasing everything on your EHD - in other words to do not want to keep anything at all - but wish to use it for other purposes like a backup; then the simplest way is to reformat the EHD. Not only does this erase all content, but reformats it ready for alternative use.</p><p></p><p>To do so - Make sure the EHD is mounted then - Go To - Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility. The EHD will be listed on the left. Click on it. Then select "Erase" from the menu on the right. Choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as the Format option and click "Erase". This will tell you that all content will be lost - Agree - and then it will reformat the EHD permitting its use for whatever you want.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1446728, member: 83420"] If you are planning on erasing everything on your EHD - in other words to do not want to keep anything at all - but wish to use it for other purposes like a backup; then the simplest way is to reformat the EHD. Not only does this erase all content, but reformats it ready for alternative use. To do so - Make sure the EHD is mounted then - Go To - Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility. The EHD will be listed on the left. Click on it. Then select "Erase" from the menu on the right. Choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as the Format option and click "Erase". This will tell you that all content will be lost - Agree - and then it will reformat the EHD permitting its use for whatever you want. Ian [/QUOTE]
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