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Deleting .Trash Cache files from a Mac OS X
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1608244"><p>Also, the .trash files are hidden because there isn't any reason for a user to interact with them. They hold the data about the files deleted until the trash is emptied, at which time the .trash file is cleaned up as well. By moving them, you may well have created a state where the files in that .trash file were deleted, but the .trash file not updated because you moved it. Now the system is confused because the actual state of the drive and the state as shown in the .trash file do not match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1608244"] Also, the .trash files are hidden because there isn't any reason for a user to interact with them. They hold the data about the files deleted until the trash is emptied, at which time the .trash file is cleaned up as well. By moving them, you may well have created a state where the files in that .trash file were deleted, but the .trash file not updated because you moved it. Now the system is confused because the actual state of the drive and the state as shown in the .trash file do not match. [/QUOTE]
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