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User profile for user: JoelCraenhals
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Remove Movies Home folder

Hi everyone.

I want to remove my home 'Movies' folder, but Mac said it is unpossible. How to fix this?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 25, 2010 6:11 AM

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User profile for user: Barney-15E
Barney-15E
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Posted on Jul 25, 2010 6:16 AM

It is set to not delete because it may be expected by some programs. If you really think it is necessary to delete the folder, you could remove it in the Terminal with 
sudo rm -r ~/Movies
Be careful and good luck. If you mess up typing the command you could delete something you didn't want to.
sudo will ask for your password, but won't actually show anything on screen when you type it. rm is remove and -r tells it to work through any subfolders. ~/ is your home directory.
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User profile for user: Barney-15E
Barney-15E
User level: Level 10
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Jul 25, 2010 6:16 AM in response to JoelCraenhals

It is set to not delete because it may be expected by some programs. If you really think it is necessary to delete the folder, you could remove it in the Terminal with 
sudo rm -r ~/Movies
Be careful and good luck. If you mess up typing the command you could delete something you didn't want to.
sudo will ask for your password, but won't actually show anything on screen when you type it. rm is remove and -r tells it to work through any subfolders. ~/ is your home directory.
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