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me to permissions, but given that the article "troubleshooting permissions in Mac OS X - Apple support issues" has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple (from Jan 2016), I'm hoping to get information updated here.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

• Failure to empty the trash...!

  I trashed my disk backup files hard Time Machine backup.

  I think it has to do with the problem.

  I am unable to empty the trash.

  Receive an "error code - 50".

  I tried all the steps suggested here on this forum (Terminal, Trash, etc.), does not.

  I'm desperate!

  Someone from Apple can tell me what is the ULTIMATE solution to empty my trash...?

  Will be well appreciated.

  Thank you.

  Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

  My ultimate solution:

  -Bought the app "Carbon Copy clone". ;

  -Copied my entire "boot disk (Macintosh HD 1)' on an external HDD (Ext Mac);

  -Using "Disk utility", cleared and mounted my "Startup disk (Macintosh HD 1).

  -Launched "(Mac Ext) as my boot drive: Trash was... EMPTY!"

  -Help "Carbon Copy Cloner", copied "Ext Mac" on "Macintosh HD 1";

  -Launch 'Macintosh HD 1' as my 'startup disk': Trash was... EMPTY!

  Useful tips:

  1 / never, never trash the files/folders from your backup of "Time Machine" in the trash...

  2 / download the app "Carbon Copy Cloner", it's only $39.99 (€36.00)...

  Albert

• I emptied the trash by mistake, how do I recover lost files photo

  I was trying to clean up my computer files and organize photos.  I deleted by mistake my folder of photos while emptying the trash.  How can I recover these files?  If all goes well, they are still on my hard drive somewhere?

  Hi, C.Ger,

  You can try Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery software

  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-recover-deleted-corrupted-or-formatted-pictures-for-free/

  Recuva (freeware)

  http://tips4pc.com/articles/software%20tips/a_free_program_to_recover.htm

  How to recover Photos deleted from the computer with file recovery freeware

  http://www.EASEUS-deletedrecovery.com/recover-deleted-files/recover-deleted-photos.html

  Have you tried the system restore?

  Start > all programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore

  Select a date and time before you deleted the folder

  For the restoration of the file only

  You need to make the changes here: start/run/Regedit

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
  Shell Folders
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  Records

  in Shell Folders set data of my images to the address "C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\My Pictures"
  in the user shell folders, leave the empty value of my photos

• Put the files in the trash, empty the trash, and then doing some other stuff, and then when I couldn't find the files again, I reinstalled windows vista... now I need/want these files

  I sent files to the trash, and then I emptied the trash, and then realized that I only need/want these files, so I went to look for them, then screwed up everything while doing so somehow a shortcut on my desktop, then I put in the disc to reboot/reinstall the entire system windows vista... can we recover these items , or they are gone forever?

  I don't know what kind to reinstall you did.  If it was a repair/upgrade, you may be in better shape (fact he preserve your data and programs after the re - install - then you have made the right kind of re - install).

  If you did a reinstall to repair/upgrade and if you have Vista Business, Vista Ultimate or Vista Enterprise, you can be lucky.  They have so-called saves shadow copies, which are deleted or modified files that can be recovered in case changes/deletions made by mistake.  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-Vista/features/shadow-copy.aspx more information about how to use this feature to: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/howdoi/?p=145.

  If you have Vista Basic or Premium of Vista, shadow copies is not available; However, there is an alternative that is free and the shadow copies feature called Shadow Explorer. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/recover-files-with-shadow-copies-on-any-version-of-windows-vista/.  Although it will not help you this time, it could very well save you in case this happens again.

  If this does not work, here are a few free recovery programs that might help (if you did a lot for the system, because the files have been deleted, then chances are that less as they might otherwise be - see notes below):

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html (first try Recuva)

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/DiskDigger.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/easusdfr.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/restoration.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/downloads/Recuva/dlrecuva.html

  http://www.SoftPerfect.com/products/FileRecovery/

  http://techpaul.WordPress.com/2008/06/23/how-to-recover-your-lost-files/

  The files are not really deleted until they are crushed (although they are no longer available through conventional methods).  If you decide to try these recovery programs, you should stop using your drive hard immediately in order not to replace the data that you are trying to recover.  He slave on another PC and launch the recovery of this PC.  Even now you have definitely lost some of them if you use the same PC.  If you can not do this (slave on another PC), you run the risk of overwriting the data with every action you do on the PC (but you may still be able to recover some or most or even all files - it's a matter of luck).  The fact that you did a re - install is not good for what is successful, - but it's worth a try.

  Only you can decide if the data is important enough to take the PC to an expert data recovery to recover files (they will have better programs and hardware to do that none of us do, and I've provided above).  Do NOT go to the Geek Squad or one of these centers of store-, they generally don't know what they are doing - it take for expert data recovery.  It will cost you a little and they generally offer no guarantees.  The decision is yours.

  Good luck and I hope this helps!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Impossible to empty the trash

  Just updated to Sierra. Unable to empty the trash. Get the following message:

  “. Basket"cannot open right now because it is used by another task, such as moving or copying an item or empty the trash. Try again when the current task is complete. »

  .. except he is not being current task.

  I tried to use the Terminal, no luck.

  Any suggestions?

  Restart your Mac and try again to empty the trash.

• How to recover a file photo after emptying the trash

  How to recover a file photo after emptying the trash on my Mac book pro?

  Thanks for your response

  Restore your time machine backup file.

• Why I get this trying to empty the Trash: the operation cannot be completed because the item "IMG_0645.jpg" is in use

  After selecting and dragging some photos of Photo on the desk I have their attached to an e-mail and sent them to the coast. Then I selected the 5 photos on the desktop and put them in the trash. When I tried to empty the trash later I received the following message: the operation cannot be completed because the item "IMG_0645.jpg" is in use.

  Aren't these photos on the desktop 'copies' of the originals in the Photo?

  All wise users out there with an answer?

  stop, disconnect all external devices

  Restart your computer in safe mode

  Try safe mode if your Mac does not end commissioning - Apple Support

  empty the trash after checking the files in there are of no use to you

  arrested again

  Reconnect the external devices

  reset.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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.