Hi Tim,
I was curious about what you said regarding the option key in the Go" menu.
I can't get this to work. When I open the "go" menu and hold down the option
key while arrowing, I skip over a load of options and certainly can't get to
library. Can you explain how to do this please? I still have so much to learn
about my Mac from seasoned pros like you and others on this list. Thank you all
so much.
Lisette
On 3/07/2013, at 5:14 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Try adding the Option key to that key combination. The Option key brings up
> special items that normally aren't seen in menus. For example, in the Go
> menu, while the Option key is down, the Library folder choice is available
> whereas it is not without the Option key down. The Option key can also be
> used to force locked items into the Trash. An extra thing to try is to
> Restart your computer then retry emptying the Trash with the
> cmd-Option-shift-Delete combination. Occasionally, items that are locked
> will not be released from the Trash until after Restart. If none of this
> works, there is a way in Terminal to really force the issue, I will let you
> know that one if all else fails.
>
> In answer to your question about the items only being present when your
> external HD was connected, this is normal behaviour. If those items
> originally resided on the external HD, then they are placed in a Trash folder
> that is hidden on the external HD. Just like the situation when you have
> multiple users on a computer, each has their own Trash.
>
> HTH.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On 2013-07-02, at 6:36 PM, Anouk Radix <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I just deleted items from the trash with cmd+shift+delete. But there
>> are STILL items in the trash folder that i canot delete either with the
>> earlier named command or just with delete/backspace.
>> How can I FORCEthe trash folder to be emptied?
>> Greetings, Anouk,
>>
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