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Apple Computing Products:
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safe trashing of locked files
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<blockquote data-quote="owl912" data-source="post: 1603380" data-attributes="member: 332619"><p>I dragged old backup files from my external hard drive to the trash (cleaning house). When I went to empty the trash, it took all night and then I got a message that some items were locked and asking did I want to remove them. Not knowing if it was OK, I said no and trashed only unlocked things. The trash is now still full of those old files. Can I trash locked files without affecting the hard drive versions (my apps)? They are just "backups" but I am a little leery of saying yes without being sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="owl912, post: 1603380, member: 332619"] I dragged old backup files from my external hard drive to the trash (cleaning house). When I went to empty the trash, it took all night and then I got a message that some items were locked and asking did I want to remove them. Not knowing if it was OK, I said no and trashed only unlocked things. The trash is now still full of those old files. Can I trash locked files without affecting the hard drive versions (my apps)? They are just "backups" but I am a little leery of saying yes without being sure. [/QUOTE]
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