Trash is Stuck
Four days ago I moved several gigs of photos off a large pen drive, onto CDs, to clear space on the pen drive. Once I'd burned the CDs, I deleted all the picture folders, which went into the trash. Then I emptied the trash. One folder, a few hundred megabytes in size, remained. A box popped up saying, "This operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items." No matter how many times I try to delete it, the same thing happens. At this point I have about ten more items in the trash, and because of this snag, none can be deleted. My trash bin is filling rapidly. A few things:
1. I've tried deleting the folder both with the pen drive inserted, and with it out. Neither works.
2. I've restarted the computer several times; same problem.
3. Neither the main problem folder, nor the subfolders within it, are locked.
4. I'm the admin person for my computer, so I have all admin access.
5. I have NOT looked at the info for every single picture (there are hundreds) to see if one is perhaps locked. Can one locked jpg file shut down the entire trash bin?
Any suggestions?
1. I've tried deleting the folder both with the pen drive inserted, and with it out. Neither works.
2. I've restarted the computer several times; same problem.
3. Neither the main problem folder, nor the subfolders within it, are locked.
4. I'm the admin person for my computer, so I have all admin access.
5. I have NOT looked at the info for every single picture (there are hundreds) to see if one is perhaps locked. Can one locked jpg file shut down the entire trash bin?
Any suggestions?
Macbook (aluminum, late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.1)
