HT2963: Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X
Learn about Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X
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by Carolyn Samit,Oct 11, 2014 3:43 AM in response to baloch qasmani
Carolyn Samit
Oct 11, 2014 3:43 AM
in response to baloch qasmani
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Apple WatchHi ...
Restart your Mac then try again.
If that doesn't help, try the suggestions here > Solving Trash Problems
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Oct 11, 2014 3:42 AM in response to baloch qasmaniby OGELTHORPE,How are you placing items into trash? Do you drag them or do you click on them w\and the execute COMMAND+DELETE? When you delete an item, have you opened Trash to see if is there before you empty Trash?
Ciao.
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Oct 12, 2014 11:18 AM in response to OGELTHORPEby baloch qasmani,Hi i click on the files and then MOVE TO TRASH it delete the file but when i open the trash nothing appears in it it always says trash is empty i have a hard disk of 500 GB it is almost full now i can't download any thing and hard disk space is not getting free it is still the same
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Oct 12, 2014 11:41 AM in response to baloch qasmaniby OGELTHORPE,Unusual. I suggest that you execute a Safe Boot. It will take much longer that a normal boot. Then try and delete a file in trash.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US
Ciao.
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Oct 13, 2014 10:44 AM in response to OGELTHORPEby baloch qasmani,Hi...
i have found a trash folder but when i try to open it says u don't have permission to see its contents i have repaired disk permissions but still m unable to see its contents plz help me out…….
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Oct 13, 2014 10:53 AM in response to baloch qasmaniby OGELTHORPE,That suggests that you are not logged on as the administrator. Check the settings in SYSTEM PREFERENCES>Users & Groups.
Ciao.
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Oct 13, 2014 3:30 PM in response to OGELTHORPEby baloch qasmani,Hi...
i checked the users and groups my name is written as a current user (admin managed)
i am very thankful that you are helping me out i also think that its the administrator problem but tell me how will i fix this issue
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Oct 13, 2014 3:34 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby baloch qasmani,Hi...
i have found the trash folder but when i try to open that folder it says u don't have the permission to see its contents i have also checked my users and groups in system preference and my name is written as a current user i think its the administrator problem but i don't know how to fix this issue kindly help me out….
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Oct 14, 2014 3:42 PM in response to OGELTHORPEby baloch qasmani,Hi...
yes i can unlock this after verifying the password but listen today i created another user and after sharing folders with new account i deleted my most of the items from new user account and deleted almost 80 GB but can u plz tell me how can i make my original account work means to say how can i access trash in my admin account ...
By doing this its concluded that it's user admin problem but nobody used my macbook since i bought this then how can't i access trash folder in my account plz solve my this problem i shall be very thankful to you...
BALOCH
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Oct 14, 2014 3:45 PM in response to baloch qasmaniby baloch qasmani,screen shot you shared is not displaying any contents here
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Oct 14, 2014 3:50 PM in response to baloch qasmaniby OGELTHORPE,Did you read the link provided by Carolyn Samit?
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
Specifically look at: Empty and recreate an account's Trash.
Ciao.
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Oct 14, 2014 3:52 PM in response to baloch qasmaniby OGELTHORPE,baloch qasmani wrote:
screen shot you shared is not displaying any contents here
That is not very unusual. There is a bug in the forum software. It does happen from time time and we have no control over it.
Ciao.
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Oct 14, 2014 4:20 PM in response to OGELTHORPEby baloch qasmani,Hi...
i finally fixed my issue it was all about preferences i just right clicked on the disk and after that i clicked GET INFO and then clicked the LOCK in the right lower corner to unlock it and then i choose APPLY TO ENCLOSED ITEMS and it solved my trash problem i am very thankful that you helped me a lot and what i told u it will help you and me to solve the same issues to anybody
again i am very thankful to you
