This is a standard event in OS X that takes us pre-OS X types a while to catch on to. Since OS X is based on Unix, it has to deal with file permissions (as you must know--these idiosyncrasies pervade OS X). If a file is either locked or else someone besides you is the "owner" (for example, on a 1-user Mac the "System" might be the owner), then you don't have permission to empty the file from the trash. The OS 10.2 solution is to use cmd-I and either unlock it or, if you have sufficient privilege, change the owner to yourself. Then you'll be able to empty the trash.
So how come you could do it in OS 9? Because OS 9 never heard of OS X and so doesn't know about Unix or owners, etc. So OS 9 is another work-around for emptying the trash. This is also the reason Apple intends soon that all new Macs will not be bootable in OS 9 or earlier. It is a matter of protection--Unix goes to all that trouble to make a rock-solid, uncrashable stable system that can't be mucked with, and all you have to do today to make it unstable is go into OS 9 and delete or move a few System files. > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 15:31:25 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Subject: Power Computing Digest #832 > > I had a funny thing happen with my iBook where I couldn't delete a folder. > But then one day I booted up in OS 9 (I normally run OS X Jaguar) and I was > able to option delete the supposedly locked files which I couldn't delete or > unlock in OS X! > > > Not that this helps your problem... But I'm wondering why Apple seems to > have a problem with taking out its trash!>!?>!ER!>? -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
