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Sep 14, 2016 6:53 AM in response to Dennie2356by dialabrain,As far as the Finder trash commands they would be greyed out if there is nothing in the Trash. Did you delete the files from an external drive?
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Sep 14, 2016 7:04 AM in response to dialabrainby Dennie2356,No. They weren't from an external drive.
I want to be able to manually delete the trash-in case I accidently put something in there. But the files delete automatically, so the bin empties immediately.
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Sep 14, 2016 7:34 AM in response to Dennie2356by dialabrain,Try running this line in the Terminal then restart.
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
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Sep 14, 2016 7:50 AM in response to dialabrainby Dennie2356,Thanks. I have no idea what the Terminal is or how to access it. Your suggestion is appreciated but out of my league since I'm a new Mac user. I switched from years of a PC because Apple was supposed to be so "user friendly." In the week that I've had the machine, I've spent six hours on the phone with support, who, by the way, were stumped by my earlier problem, and suggested I go to the store, where I had to wait an hour and fifteen minutes to get to the Genius Bar. I spent another hour on Chat last night for this issue. It appears I'll be making another visit to the store. I'm really beginning to regret my decision to move to a Mac.
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Sep 14, 2016 7:59 AM in response to Dennie2356by dialabrain,The Terminal is in the Utilities Folder. You would either copy and paste or type the line in the Terminal then hit return. It will prompt you for your password. Type it in and hit return again. Quit the Terminal and restart.
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Sep 14, 2016 11:20 AM in response to dialabrainby Dennie2356,Someone in my office helped me figure it out.
Thanks
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Sep 14, 2016 12:32 PM in response to Dennie2356by dialabrain,You're welcome but just to clarify, you figured out how to run the Terminal command and your trash is now working normally or? You didn't mark the command as solving your question so it's hard to tell.
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Sep 14, 2016 12:49 PM in response to Dennie2356by Eric Root,If you would post how the problem was fixed, it might help others.
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Sep 16, 2016 3:32 AM in response to Eric Rootby Dennie2356,Hi,
I apologize for not responding the other night. I feel rather foolish because, and I'm still trying to figure this out for certain, I never had a problem in the first place. As I might have mentioned, I went from being a long-time PC user to buying a Mac and while some things seem relatively easy, others are not.
As I'm still a bit confused about the delete thing, the only way I can describe the answer to the help I received is to hold Command and Delete at the same time to delete something. Then it goes into Trash, where I'm given the option to permanently delete. Apparently, only then does the warning come up.
Thanks for the responses...I have a lot to learn.
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Sep 16, 2016 3:41 AM in response to Dennie2356by dialabrain,Just to add, you can also right-click on a file which wil bring up a menu and choose "Move to Trash".
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Sep 16, 2016 4:00 AM in response to Dennie2356by Luis Sequeira1,When things were deleted immediately, what was the method you were using?
There is Command-delete, as you mentioned; dialabrain's suggestion control-click, choose Move to Trash; and both of these methods are equivalent to actually dragging the file to the trash.
None of those should bring up a warning, and the file should stay in the trash, not be deleted immediately.
Only when attempting to empty the trash should the warning appear.
To sum up: is everything ok now?
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Sep 16, 2016 4:07 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1by dialabrain,I always forget control-click. I use wired Apple mice so I just right-click. At least for the last 20-30 years.
I think I'm allergic to keyboard shortcuts.
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Sep 18, 2016 10:02 AM in response to dialabrainby Dennie2356,Thanks...I'm keeping all these suggestions just in case