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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1493628" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi Ramfreak, welcome to the Forum.</p><p></p><p>Terminal scares me so I never use it; but there are other solutions possible.</p><p></p><p>If you go Finder>Preferences>Advanced and click the box "Empty Trash Securely", this often miraculously does the job. Sometimes, you may need to restart your Mac for Empty Trash Securely to work, but rarely in my experience.</p><p></p><p>If that doesn't work, there is a free App called OnyX, widely used by Forum members. You must download the version specific to your OS (Leopard, SL, Lion, ML all have their own versions). The first time you run it, it will check the SMART status of your Drive(s) then ask for your admin PW. Now you can click on Utilities and from there, select "Trash". This will empty all your trashes. It has never failed to do so with me.</p><p></p><p>But try the first suggestion first. You may be surprised!</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1493628, member: 83420"] Hi Ramfreak, welcome to the Forum. Terminal scares me so I never use it; but there are other solutions possible. If you go Finder>Preferences>Advanced and click the box "Empty Trash Securely", this often miraculously does the job. Sometimes, you may need to restart your Mac for Empty Trash Securely to work, but rarely in my experience. If that doesn't work, there is a free App called OnyX, widely used by Forum members. You must download the version specific to your OS (Leopard, SL, Lion, ML all have their own versions). The first time you run it, it will check the SMART status of your Drive(s) then ask for your admin PW. Now you can click on Utilities and from there, select "Trash". This will empty all your trashes. It has never failed to do so with me. But try the first suggestion first. You may be surprised! Ian [/QUOTE]
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