Oops, duh!  I guess the actual easiest method would be to go to the computer 
that you did the deleting on.  The second easiest is what I mentioned.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On 2013-07-03, at 3:55 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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