Afraid I accidentally wiped the name of the postee on this one, but here's how to empty a really sticky bin......you have to go into the Terminal so type carefullllly!!
1. Open Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities).
2. Type: chflags -R nouchg
Important: Type one space (not pictured) after nouchg in the line above, so that it ends in "nouchg " . Do not press Return yet.
3. Double-click the Trash icon in the Dock to reveal the contents of the Trash. If necessary, arrange the Finder window so that a portion of the Terminal window is still visible.
4. Press the Command-A key combination to select all files in the Trash.
5. Drag the files from the Trash to the Terminal window.
Note: This automatically enters the pathname for each file. This eliminates the need to individually empty multiple Trash directories, particularly when multiple disks or volumes are present.
6. Press Return. No special text message will be shown indicating that the command was successful.
7. Empty the Trash.
This seems to get rid of anything!
Adam Mitchinson.
- [PRODIG] removing trash adammitchinson
- [PRODIG] removing trash adammitchinson
