Basically what I just said above. I tried force quitting, restarting and neither worked. It's done this before. I've had some problems with my Mac.
MacBook Pro
Have you tried a PRAM reset?
To see what's in the trash:
Launch Terminal and copy & paste these commands:
cd ~/.Trash
Press Return
Then enter lsPress return
This will list of the contents of your trash, so you can if there's anything you need you can drag it out. If not, follow these instructions:
Go to /Applications /Utilities/Terminal and launch it.
At the prompt, copy and paste this command
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
Press Return.
You will be asked to enter your admin password. It will be invisible.
Enter it and press Return.
Log out and back in or restart.
Let us know.
Nevermind found launch terminal. I used all the commands you listed and nothing worked.
Theres two windows open that won't close, one for the trash bin, and one for copying. It says the items in the trash been have stopped being emptied, even though the bar is still twisting and it won't go away. It says the items in the trash are copying onto my desktop, but that is also stopped. Theres nothing important in the trash or that takes a lot of space up.
Dewpointe wrote:
Theres two windows open that won't close, one for the trash bin, and one for copying.
There ought to be an "x" on that window to stop copy.
Restart then go to Terminal and copy the command at the prompt.
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
Press "return" key
Enter PW
If no Trash process is running it has to work.
I did this and my mac wouldn't shut down because the windows were still open. So I had to press the off button down to shut down. I did the shift key, it started back up, and the trash bin is no longer trying to empty.
BUT
I now have other problems. My camera cannot be detected and I have no sound. When I go to turn the sound up or down it has a small "O" with a line slashed diagnally across it. I already tried to plug my headphones in and out of the headphone jack. Still no luck. I also checked the sound in system preferences and I will not allow me to click unmute.
My mac was bought in the beginning of September and I don't know why it's having so many problems.
What is launching terminal? How do I get there?
Terminal is in your Utilities menu ..but I would also try seeing if it happens in safe boot as well (hold down shift after you hit power buttton until you see the apple)
No, let me go read through it and I will write back what happens.
Okay. That PRAM reset worked! Thank you macjack. I haven't noticed any other problems but if I do I know where to go.Thank you also Danic67.
My trash bin has been frozen for the past two days while it's attempting to delete a couple files
