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Unable to "empty" trash

I am attempting to "Secure Empty Trash" and I receive the following message:

"There are some locked items in the Trash. Do you want to remove all the items, including the locked ones, or just the unlocked items?"

The options are:
(1) Cancel
(2) Remove Unlocked Items
(3) Remove All Items

The Trash remains filled with items I want to delete regardless of choosing option (2) or (3).

How can I force the Trash to delete the items?

15" MacBook Pro (late 2009 - 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo), iPhone 4, iPad 32GB (Wi-Fi+3G), Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 5, 2011 2:46 AM

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Unable to "empty" trash

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