HT201583: You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash
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Mar 22, 2016 1:09 AM in response to Sofronis168by seventy one,I suspect you have been trying to clear Time machine contents into trash. Is that so?
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Mar 22, 2016 1:24 AM in response to seventy oneby Sofronis168,Yes thats right but I have not dealt with the same issue before. I was always able to empty the trash just by holding the option key at the same time but now it doesn't work.
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Mar 22, 2016 1:33 AM in response to Sofronis168by seventy one,These are the usual routes.
In this order, check out ...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8214/trash-it! This last one needs care. The source is not totally reliable. Check out the developer, who's address I don't have at this moment.
DO NOT ORDER from Softonic, Cnet, Softpedia.
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Mar 22, 2016 3:23 AM in response to seventy oneby Sofronis168,Unfortunately that wasn't very helpful