Since upgrading to OSX Lion I have a strange problem: I cannot put files into trash. Whenever I want to delete a file it says that the file will be immediately deleted. I hear the sound from putting things into the trash then, but no files show up in the trash. I also cannot empty trash as there are no files in it. Anyone knows a solution?
Try creating a new user called 'test' and see if the problems happen with the new user. Report back with the outcome.
- Mark
MH Tech Solutions, LLC.
Am having the same problem. it just started happening after i installed Flash player. Created a new test user, and Trash works for this.
Thanks,
Matt
Run Disk Utility -> Repair Disk Permissions
Then try this method I found online.
1. Reboot the computer.
2. Login with the troubled user account
3. Open 'Terminal'
4. Type:
sudo rm -frv ~/.Trash
Note: This removes the old ".Trash" directory and all files and folders in it.
3. Type:
mkdir -v ~/.Trash
Note: This creates a new ".Trash" directory in your home folder.
4. Type:
killall Finder
Note: This kills/restarts Finder
5. Close Terminal.
6. Reboot Computer. Log in as the 'hopefully fixed' user.
See if the trash works now.
- Mark
MH Tech Solutions, LLC.
Made a new user "test" as advised. It works on the test account. But still doesn't work on my account. There seems to be no Trash on my account. If I want to make a new one (via Terminal), it says "access denied".
I made it as far as "Step 3" in Terminal. At this point, I got an access denied message.
-Matt
Thank you Mark. I tried as advised. Removing of the old trash didn't do anything, obviousely there is no trash in my account. Next step "creating a new trash" didn't work: "Permission denied".
Interestingly.... when I "Get Info" on my Home folder, it's not recognizing my User i "Sharing & Permissions". The first entry (Me) is grayed out and says "Fetching..."
Try this in Terminal again
Type:
ls -al
Note: LS - AL (in lowercase letters)
Do you see .Trash at all ?
Then type:
sudo mkdir -v ~/.Trash
If this still does not fix your issue, then you'll have to boot your computer from a install disc. Go into Disk Utility and Repair Permissions from there.
Keep me updated.
I just got mine to work again by doign the following:
1. "Get Info" on the Home folder
2. Under "Sharing & Permissions", add a new user
3. Selected my username from the list
4. Gave "read & Write" permissions
5. Deleted the "Fetching..." user entry
6. All is well.
Thank you all for your help!
Matt
Thanks, Mark. I tried the ls - al. There was no .Trash in the list. So I created one with the sudo mkdir as advised by you. It worked and created a trash. But now, when I try to delete a file, it asks me for my passwort (didn't do that before) and then still doesn't put the file to the trash and deletes it immediately...
Run the Disk Utility -> Repair Permissions again.
Then run ls-al and see if .Trash is still there.
The trash is still there. Something seems strange: Owner of the trash is "root" and not my username. The thing with booting from disk is: I cannot boot from disk because I purchased Lion from the Mac App store. No disk...
Ok, to fix this issue you need to use Terminal again.
Type:
su
It should prompt for your password. Enter it.
Note: The command 'chown' is to change the user and the command 'chgrp' is to change the group.
Type:
chown YOURUSERNAME .Trash
Then run
ls -al
and your username should 'own' the .Trash again
If you are still having issues, email me at info _at_ mhtechsolutions _dot_ com
- Mark
MH Tech Solutions, LLC.
Thanks a lot Mark! This finally helped. Trash works fine! Great work.
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