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tried everything recommended still can't empty trash

Please help someone


I've tried secure empty, Option click empty trash - nothing.


I've tried Trash It and Cocktail apps - no go


I've tried the Terminal entries, both that I've found to try, and they don't work either.


Now what? I get erro 8003 no matter what I do. From what I've read it is because I manually deleted some Time Machine back ups and don't have permission for that apparently. They can't just be reinstated either and now I'm stuck. No where does it tell you NOT to do that. There are no instructions on Time Machine and my back up drive was full and needed to delete some. Now I'm stuck with this trash problem no matter what I try.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 17, 2012 9:43 AM

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User profile for user: Texas Mac Man
Texas Mac Man
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Jul 17, 2012 7:15 PM in response to photogirl67

Look at these links.


You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash in Mac OS X

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106272


Solving Trash Problems

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html


How To Fix Stubborn Trash and Why it Won't Delete

http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Trash/index.ws


Download Trash It! v3.6.1 from:

http://www.nonamescriptware.com/?page_id=5


Download DropNuke from:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12664


 Cheers, Tom 😉

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User profile for user: photogirl67
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Jul 17, 2012 7:50 PM in response to Texas Mac Man

You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash in Mac OS X

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106272


- tried all that already


Solving Trash Problems

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html


- did all that too


Trashi It did NOTHING


How To Fix Stubborn Trash and Why it Won't Delete

http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Trash/index.ws


- your link doesn't work above


DropNuke link doesn't work either

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