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] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
