My trash can doesn't hold the trash anymore but deletes items right away. When I want to delete an item I get the "if you delete it can't be undone" message... I don't understand why, before I had to empty trash can manually... How can I do that?
I looked under settings in Finder, but there's only a possibility "delete items after 30 days in trash can"... But where do I set that items should not be deleted instantly??
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14
When I want to delete an item I get the "if you delete it can't be undone" message...
Uncheck this checkbox in the Finder/Advanced preference pane:
In regards to this message:
the only time I get it is when I delete a file from a mounted server.
Choose your Home folder "Get Info" (command-i) and be sure you have "read & write" in the Sharing & Permissions section. Check under "General" section to be sure it isn't locked. If that is correct, launch Applications/Utilities/Terminal and at the prompt copy & paste this command…
mkdir ~/.Trash
Press return.
If you get a message that the folder already exists, copy & paste these commands...
sudo chown $UID ~/ .Trash
Press return.
Enter your admin password (it will be invisible)
Press return.Then copy/paste this command at the prompt
chmod u+rwx ~/.Trash
Press return. Log out and back in, or restart.
Thanks. I tried this twice but didn't make any difference. Mac still wants to delete files right away and not contain them in Trash. I'm wondering why is this happening? And why is there no option to choose in Finder whether to delete instantly or not?
Did you check the "show warning before emptying..."?
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Yes it is checked. But Mac wants to delete item right away and not keep it in the trashcan. So I don't know what's going on... must be something with the last update as I didn't change the settings.
Could it be something to do with the fact that I have only 20 GB free space left on the harddisk ?...
Thanks. I have unchecked CDs, DVDs etc. but didn't make a difference. I don't know what a mounted server is... This is going on on my Macbook Air and I'm deleting files from the Downloads floder...
This helped! Thanks a lot! ;-)
Trash can, Mojave
