Answer by AFwcxx for Mac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing
Does not require rebooting? Here how it's done. There are multiple trash in the system. Even your external has it's own '.Trash' directory. Hence, some lock folders from other disk may not be able to...
View ArticleAnswer by heyang for Mac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing
Are these trash items by chance from an external drive? Or a backup? If so, try: cd /Volumes ls cd <> ls -a sudo rm -rf .Trashes
View ArticleAnswer by mcandre for Mac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing
Rebooting doesn't help. I used Disk Utility.app to try to repair the USB drive. It turns out the file system is corrupted; only backing up my files, reformatting, and restoring my files fixes the...
View ArticleAnswer by Arash for Mac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing
If a file is IN-use while you trashed the app from finder, the trash won't delete it so quit the app then try again.. edit: try holding option key while emptying the trash if thats not working try:...
View ArticleMac Trash won't empty, and rm ~/.Trash/* does nothing
The Trash icon on my Dock shows the Trash containing files. I tried right-clicking and Empty Trash, but it still shows files there. When I open the Trash folder in Finder, I can see several files...
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