Trash is not emptying

Open Terminal and enter this command:

rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

Then opt+right click on Finder in the Dock and select 'Relaunch'.

Here are a couple of tips - http://www.macworld.com/article/1166851/really_empty_trash.html - from MacWorld.

Clinton

When I tried opt+right click on Finder in the Dock, It did not show me any 'Relaunch' option in that menu

It shows only two options (1) Open, (2) Empty Trash

That's because you clicked on the Trash icon, not the Finder icon.

Read this article:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526

Also try entering this slightly modified command in Terminal and then relaunch Finder:

rm -rf ~/.Trash

Well i solve this problem by going to window...

In command prompt of windows, cd to your drive and just type below..

chkdsk /f

press y when asks...

this worked for me... 🙂

Try Finder > Secure Empty Trash

Works for me!!!!!! cheers.. macs now 1000x faster

Removing the bootcamp partition is one way but way too draconic for the issue... Just follow these steps instead...

1. go into your windows (full boot)

2. in windows > start menu > cmd > righclick > open as administrator

3. type in: chkdsk /f and press enter

it will say it needs a reboot because disk is in use

4. reboot (into windows)

5. let the chkdsk operation finish and reboot to mac after that

6. et voila... problem solved (in mac)...

This worked for me and helped tremendously. Thank you! 🙂

This worked for me and helped tremendously! Thank you! 🙂

I performed this command, as you suggested to delete my Trash:

"Open Terminal and enter this command:

rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*

Then opt+right click on Finder in the Dock and select 'Relaunch'"

AND IT DELETED EVERYTHING FROM MY COMPUTER. ALL OF MY FILES, DOCUMENTS, FOLDERS, EVERYTHING??? How do I retrieve it, I've not backed up in months.