Yes, it was on another system. Thankfully, that other system is that older Mac 
I mentioned in my Pages question, so I can just go empty that one's trash. 
Thanks for the tip - I did not realize the trash was machine-specific, though 
in retrospect that setup does make more sense.
On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm guessing that the items were put in the Trash when the Thumb Drive was 
> connected to a different system.  If that's the case, then the Trash is 
> linked to the other machine so you do not have permission to empty it.  The 
> easiest way to fix this is to copy the items that you wish kept from it over 
> to your Mac, then use Disk Utility to format it.  You can then copy the items 
> back over and you'll have the full amount of space available.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On 2013-07-03, at 1:39 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I have a 1.04gb folder called .trashes on a thumb drive, and I want to clear 
>> it out. Google tells me to just empty the trash on the Mac and that will 
>> clear the trash of all mounted drives, but it does not, and the folder still 
>> shows as having 1.04gb in it. When I open the folder, it is empty. What is 
>> going on, and how can I get my free space back? Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> 
>> Have a great day,
>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
>> [email protected]
>> 
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