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• I tried to empty the trash, secure, but there are 5 items in. Can you help me?

  I tried to clear all items in the trash, but as I clicked on Secure Empty Trash he began to delete and then stopped with 5 elements still in there. Can you help me? James

  Please read article by solving the problems of Trash from the X Lab for some troubleshooting steps. You can find the article on:

  http://www.thexlab.com/FAQs/trash.html

  Another good article is directly from Apple, this article is you may not empty the trash or move a file to the Trash - Apple Support

• can't empty the Trash because of locked elements and certain permissions

  I want to well to empty the trash, but am getting blocked by two numbers, starting with:

  (1) ''there are some elements locked in the trash. " Do you want to remove all items, including those locked or just unlocked items? »

  Unlike previous messages or suggestions on the support Forum, this text box does not actually identify the locked objects, not their names, places or anything like that. Similarly, when I press Option with Secure Empty Trash, it scatters only my Finder window such that I can not select anything.

  I have browsed through the trash looking for ASCII files or other weird characters and have removed these (created a new folder on the desktop), but this has not changed anything.  When I try to Secure Empty Trash again, the same note appears.

  I tried the two options offered by this text box ('Remove all items' or 'Remove Unocked items'), but regardless of my choice, the following text is displayed:

  (2) the operation cannot be performed because you have not granted access to some of the elements. »

  I guess that brings me to permissions, but given that the article "troubleshooting permissions in Mac OS X - Apple support issues" has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple (from Jan 2016), I'm hoping to get information updated here.

  Please help me!

  MacBook using Mac OS X 10.10.5, with 8 GB

  Have you tried to command + Option + delete?

• I can't empty the trash to Simple Mail

  This is the second time I ask this question. The last time, it only gave me a link to a non-Mozilla site, and they can't help me.

  I tried activation of the box "to empty the trash, leaving", but it has no effect.

  I've tried right-clicking on the trash folder and clicking on 'empty', but I get an error message: invalid response: no such message.

  I'm now store 250 read the messages in the trash and climbing. I need real help, please.

  As I have said here - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/964370?esab=a & s = & r = 2 & as = s - the first time you have posted using Simple email.

   There is a support thread for the Simple Mail extension over here:
  http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2497499
  
  Sorry, I don't use that extension and can't help you.  

  This extension is not made by Mozilla, even if AMO hosts that extension is done by a 3rd party. There is a link on the download page - Support site - AMO, which is the link that I posted in your first question about Simple Mail. Each developer extension has a responsibility to support their expansion. We try to answer questions about the extensions that are familiar to us, but like I said before, I do not use this extension myself. And since nobody else has replied to your other two offers on Simple Mail, I can only assume that anyone else coming here is familiar with this extension.

• Can't empty the trash due to a file with the filename of garbage

  MacBook Pro El Capitan - Trash has a/b/folder with a file with Chinese characters of garbage looking like file name which can not be changed or done something with. Trash does not open. sudo rm - rf don't get rid of it either. Any ideas?

  Thank you.

  Check SystemPreferences-> users & groups-> LoginItems, to see if there is something that has to do with this file, if so, remove it with the sign, if not, the next step:

  Restart the mac and then empty the trash.

• How can I empty the trash when "empty trash" is not bolded

  When I go to file in the trash, empty the trash is printed light instead of bold.  What should I do?

  Hi BevGranfor,

  ·         What you mean exactly when you say "Empty trash is light Print instead of"BOLD"print"?

  ·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  ·         What happens when you try to empty the trash?

  ·         You receive an error message?

  I suggest you follow the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and check if it works.

  Cannot empty the Recycle Bin in Windows XP or Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2394521

  I hope this helps.

• Time Machine deleted messages on an external drive to the trash can on iMac are taking place on the hard drive?

  I am struggling with a computer, try to empty the trash with 1million 300,000 Time machine backup files. It runs for two days now and won't install. At this rate, I'll need a week before my computer becomes viable. I don't feel able to go to the Terminal to do the trick. Also at this point, I'm afraid to stop the process again... Backups on an external drive of pigs 400 GB on my drive hard imac... I have so little room to work right now. I deleted some 200,000 files already yet the storage on my imac HD has not moved. The files in the Recycle Bin of the external drive really live on my hd now until they will be deleted if all goes well before Christmas?

  I have a new computer to come next week so I'm wondering if I'll just reformat my entire hd in my imac to solve this problem... Any ideas?

  You do all this in the Finder?

  Time Machine has to delete the files from the user interface, normally "browsing Time Machine backup", navigate to the desired folder, and select the option "delete all backups of...» ». This is the approved way that should work.

  If you are manually dragging the items in the trash of in a Time Machine backup, it can choke. Time Machine stores data with many levels of access control permissions & Finder seems to have difficulties to remove to empty the trash. In fact, I think that the TM drive has limits to prevent normal users to change data on this disk.

  Personally, I think your safest option is to abandon the process, restart, erase and reformat the Time Machine drive. Who will lose all history backups but again in a clean condition seems to be better than trying to manually prune the Time Machine data. Time Machine removes old backups when it is full - so you shouldn't really need to intervene like this anyway.

  Wait and see if anyone has a better idea.

  P.S., each disk has its own "basket", so doing drag items should not fill your Mac startup disk. Maybe the operating system is out of memory, try to process all the files, exit other applications & see if that changes anything, you may have to wait just if you want to avoid to abandon the process.

• Suddenly, I have only the possibility of good to empty the trash.

  I went to empty the trash yesterday and the only option was assured. I thought it was weird and clicked. After a few hours, the computer was still churning away. He left overnight and it was still churning away. I need to ensure empty. I would delete it and come back to life as usual. However, I can't find any way to go back to normal from the trash dump.

  Fixed it myself. I forgot to do what I always tell those who ask me for help: use the Mac Help. Answer: in the Finder under Advanced preferences is a check box for safe dumping trash or vice versa. I don't know how this got checked, since I've never used this feature, but there you go.

  Bob

• File Backups.backupdb containing empty the trash

  How can I empty the trash when it contains files "ByHost"? I get the following message: "the operation cannot be completed because the"ByHost"element is used. I think that these files are left in the garbage after I tried to delete a file Backups.backupdb when deleting a backup file Time Machine.

  I use OS X El Capital 10.11.5 on a MacBook Air version.

  ByHost

  1. com Apple.iDisk.001b639a829b.plist
  2. com Apple.iDisk.000393a99672.plist
  3. com.apple.iWork.Numbers.001b639a829b.plist
  4. com.apple.iWork.Pages.001b639a829b.plist

  Please read you can empty the trash or move a file to the Trash - Apple Support.

• Why is automatically emptied the trash on my email account?

  My emails used to be saved in the trash and I kept for future reference. Now, they simply disappear. Is there a setting I can change to change this?

  Re: my e-mails used to be saved in the trash and I kept for future reference.

  "Trash" is for the items you want. "Basket" means "Rubblish' to be scrapped; throw; Remove.

  They are only in the Trash because you selected the 'delete' or you move them manually.
  The reason for having a 'Trash' folder is to act as a stop gap because sometimes you might delete an email by mistake and want to save.

  File basket is not the place to store the items you want to keep.
  Please create new folders to organize your wanted emails.
  Use "Basket" to unwanted emails.

  Trash (also known as "Deleted") can be automatic out empty on if the option is selected.
  Tools > account settings > server for the e-mail account settings
  or
  Menu icon > Options > account settings > server for the e-mail account settings

  Uncheck the box / select as appropriate: "empty the trash when leaving.
  Click OK.

  If you have an Imap email account, there may be a different policy, used by the server. Some auto Recycle Bin empty periodically by default and there is nothing you can do about it. After all, Trash is for unwanted items, then after a time saving an email deleted by mistake, they clear this folder to create more space.

  Background information:
  When you choose to delete an email or put it in the "basket", from your point of view varies for example: Inbox to "trash".
  In reality, it is always in the Inbox as an email "marked as deled" hidden from view. So it is still too much space in the Inbox.
  When you compact your Inbox folder those "marked as deleted" are removed, freeing up a space.

  When you see a folder in the folders pane, it is in fact a mbox file (assuming that you Pop mail account or synchronize subscribed imap folders).

  When e-mail messages are downloaded they are not stored as individual .eml files, they are stored one after the other in the order they have been downloaded in the same "file". If you do not want to put all your e-mails in one or a couple of files.
  Create folders to organize messages into subsets.
  Archives of old messages to free up space in regular used folders.
  See the info on archiving.
  https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/archived-messages

• Error 50 while emptying the trash

  I can't empty the trash error 50.  It seems that the number of documents and folders contains a character "null" at the end of their names.

  Yes, null files. You use Windows at all? If so, you can delete them in Windows. Otherwise, it is best to leave them alone. There they interfere with the normal functions of your Mac, erase and reinstall OS X using Internet for recovery.

  OS X: on OS X Recovery - Apple Support

• Get rid of the warnings to empty the trash in El Capitan

  I don't want the warning that appears whenever I emptied the Recycle Bin. It has always been a way to get rid of this in earlier versions of Mac OS X. How can I get rid of it in El Capitan?

  You can empty the trash without confirmation dialog by pressing: option + shift + command + DELETE.

• Trying to empty the trash.  After clicking on empty the trash.  An error comes up saying that this cannot be done due to the error 50.  Tried to check and repair disk permissions.  This finished.  Then tried to empty the trash again and got the same error

  I tried to empty the trash. After clicking on empty the trash. An error comes up saying that this cannot be done due to the error 50.

  Tried to check and repair disk permissions. This finished.

  Then tried to empty the trash again and got the same error 50 yet.

  I rebooted my macbook. When it restarted it flashed the apple logo, progress bar began to charge up to 15%, then the black and white code popped up for a few seconds, then a box pops up saying "your computer has restarted because of an error, press any key to restart." It is now is an endless restart loop.

  I can't go in safe mode or in disk utility.

  Any suggestions on what to try?

  Thank you

  What happens when you try to restart without danger as indicated to OS X Yosemite: start in safe mode

• I have a Version of OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 aged 5 years, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5computer processor.  It is slow and jerky.  Any suggestions?  I empty the trash. I have an external backup.

  I have a Version of El Capitan OSX 5 years 10.11.3, processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5computer.  It is slow and jerky.  Any suggestions?  I empty the trash. I have an external backup.

  Update your software OS X v10.11.4.

  Instructions here > How to upgrade OS X

  If after the update is installed, you see always the same slow and jerky behavior, a Safe Mode boot removes the system caches that can help.

  Upper left corner of your screen, click on the Apple  > Shut Down.

  After your Mac stops, wait 10 seconds, then press the power button.

  As soon as you hear the startup tone, hold down the SHIFT key. You must press the SHIFT key as soon as possible once you hear the startup tone, but not before.

  Release the SHIFT key when you see the gray Apple logo and progress indicator.

  Once you are in Mode without failure, return to the menu Apple . In the drop-down list, click: reboot

  On Safe Mode

• Why my mac is very slow to empty the trash?

  I'm trying to fix an external hard drive, leaving all the files and the re-formatting it. However when I tried to trash the files after repair, it's delete files at a rate of one every 3-5 seconds. There are more than 1 million files to remove. How can I speed things up?

  Please relaunch the Finder, and then on the Finder menu bar, select

  ▹ Finder Preferences... ▹ Advanced

  and uncheck the box marked

  Empty the trash safely

  If it is checked. You will only have this box if you are using OS X 10.10 or more. Try to empty the trash again.