Q: deleted files don't go to the trash
Lately whenever I delete any files by moving them to the trash, the following window appears:
After entering the Name & Password, the files completely disappear instead of going to the Trash.
I don't know how to fix the problem. Please help me.
Cheers!
iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Posted on Jul 19, 2013 11:40 PM
It is possible you have copied some files from another computer and they don't have the right permissions or Access Control Lists (ACL). Try "Get Info" on a file and look at "Sharing and Permissions".
Alternatively, you can use "ls -le" from a terminal window. Normally files and directories will belong to your username and have group "staff". The third flag bit should be "w" to give the username (you) permission to write to the file or directory.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 username staff 537 Oct 1 2012 hello
drwxr-xr-x 3 username staff 102 Feb 28 22:34 world
That would explain the dialog. I am not sure why the files don't end up in the Trash, but that might be a permission problem as well.
Posted on Jul 20, 2013 12:44 AM

