Emptying Trash

4 Oct 2008 20:11:39

Roy Rainford

My Trash contains an image which is locked. This appears to be stopping me emptying it. A message comes up saying " Press the Option key when emptying the Trash". However the "Empty Trash" line is grey under the Finder.
I can't open the Trash because of the locked image. Any suggestions please on how I can empty the Trash & remove the locked image. (It came from a PC friend!).

Re: Emptying Trash

4 Oct 2008 22:06:16

Chris Willis

Take the image out of the trash, then Get Info on it. Uncheck the 'Locked' checkbox in the 'General' section, throw it back in he trash and then empty.

Re: Emptying Trash

4 Oct 2008 22:21:57

Roy Rainford

Thanks Chris but when I try to open the trash to take the image out I get: "You cannot open the Trash because it is being emptied".

Re: Emptying Trash

4 Oct 2008 23:39:39

Mick Burrell

You could try one of the utilities designed for this sort of thing e.g. Trash It from http://www.nonamescriptware.com/?page_id=5

Re: Emptying Trash

5 Oct 2008 10:24:08

Douglas Cheney

Terry try opening the trash and them empty securely I find this works for me

Re: Emptying Trash

5 Oct 2008 10:53:23

Roy Rainford

Many thanks for the helpful replies. All is back to normal this morning after I shut down the MacBook (Intel) overnight.
I don't know why I couldn't open the trash yesterday (see above) but this morning I was able to drag out the locked files & unlock them as Chris suggested above. After replacing them in the trash it could then be emptied. Thanks again.