Trash mods is something I could never get over with in OSX. If you dump a folder with 1000 files and 30 subdirectories, how annoying it is to empty the trash and gettin the message that the item "whatever" cant be erased cause its locked. with OS 9 you could just hold the option key. its a big waste of time to FIND a file 30 directories deep, talk about how productive is OS X! can anybody say if there is an easier way?
Yes. Use the rm command from the Terminal.
Open Applications=>Utilities=>Terminal
type:
sudo rm -r /path/to/folder
(you can drag and drop the folder to be deleted onto the Terminal window and it'll automatically build the path for you)
Hit return, enter the machine's root password and it's gone forever. Locked files and all.
(caution: you could delete an entire hard drive just as easily).
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