If the external drive has no trash, the items would simply be gone. Unless the mac is way different, it will not save anything to trash unless the item was already on its own hard drive, not an external drive. On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Joanna West <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh yes! There are definitely items in the trash. My external hard drive > doesn't have a place for trash. > > Love endures all things. > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:09 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are there items in your trash? Normally, when you delete from external >> drives, the items are gone or stored on a trash folder on the drive (if it's >> big enough). Only items deleted from your mac's internal hard drive are put >> in the mac's trash folder. >> On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Joanna West <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was wondering if anyone might know what to do when you can't empty the >>> trash. I'm cleaning out my external hard drive, and I'm trying to keep the >>> trash empty in the process. However, everytime I try to empty it, nothing >>> happens. I even went into the menu bar and it told me the action was >>> dimmed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Love endures all things. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
