Hi Stephen Though I don't have an exact answer for this (and have googled and repaired and modified to try and "fix it"), I have found some things that seem to make it a bit better. I sometimes come across the same "hiccup" with files. It can be for a few different ways of doing it I find. eg. I can drag a file from Mail onto the Finder to work with it. I can drag a snapshot I've taken for a quote and dragged it into the email. The work arounds I've found that generally work:- If the email I had been looking at is in my Inbox then I will file it away to a Mailbox (I like to keep my Inbox empty every day). So I right click on the email and Choose "Move Message" and then will file it away to it's Mailbox. If it's an email I am writing and I've added an attachment from the Finder then send the email. I will again, Right click and "Move Message" to the folder I want it to go to. If I've started writing an email and then done something else then go back and write it again, after I've sent it I'll sometime find a copy of it in Drafts as well. So I'll make sure I file away the Sent one and delete the one from Drafts (doesn't happen very often, but once in a blue moon). I'll also ensure the Trash is empty as well.
I've found these things all allow Finder trash to be emptied a lot better with attachments (either onto or from the Finder). So I come across this "problem" a lot less then I did before. As mentioned I never had a big problem with it, just a bit of annoyance. And with the above it's certainly a lot less, maybe once a week now if that. Hope something there may help or help work around it a bit better. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** On 01/04/2012, at 7:17 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Are you using Mail in Snow Leopard? Are you receiving the "file is in use" > error? > Until the message with attachment has been sent, trash will not empty if it > contains the attachment file, but it should after the entire message has been > sent. > > Many times the "file in use" error is related to it being open in the Finder > (selected). > Make sure the files you're trying to delete aren't currently selected in a > Finder window. > > Try repairing disk permissions in Disk Utility. > If Mail is still holding on to the attachments, your options are: > 1. Close Mail, then empty trash. > 2. 'Secure Empty Trash' will delete the file while Mail is running (slow with > big files). > Or > 3. Hold Option Key as you choose Empty Trash > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 31/03/2012, at 10:44 PM, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> This actually began some while ago and I have been getting more & more >> curious about it. >> If I copy any attachments from Mail to the desktop, then Trash them when I >> have finished with them, >> I am not able to delete them from Trash until I have quit Mail. >> >> This never used to happen and it really beginning to annoy me. >> Sounds silly but I like to keep things tidy !! >> >> Any ideas how to change this, or was it some adjustment from a past update >> to the way Mail operates ? >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
