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Trash will not hold any trash!

When I try to move a file to trash I get are you sure you want to delete this file instead of just putting it in the trash. this just started happening. This is in Lion.

Imac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 3, 2012 8:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 3, 2012 8:54 PM

Click on the item in the Finder's sidebar with the house icon and verify that you are able to write to this folder in the Sharing & Permissions section of the Get Info window, and that it isn't locked; if it is already set this way and you get that error, open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run the following:


mkdir ~/.Trash


If you get a message stating that the folder exists, run the following:


sudo chown $UID ~/.Trash

chmod u+rwx ~/.Trash


The first command in the second set will prompt you for your administrator password; nothing will appear in the Terminal window while it is being typed. In either case, click on the Finder icon in the Dock with the Control and Option keys pressed, and relaunch it.


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Sep 3, 2012 8:54 PM in response to jazzman4949

Click on the item in the Finder's sidebar with the house icon and verify that you are able to write to this folder in the Sharing & Permissions section of the Get Info window, and that it isn't locked; if it is already set this way and you get that error, open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run the following:


mkdir ~/.Trash


If you get a message stating that the folder exists, run the following:


sudo chown $UID ~/.Trash

chmod u+rwx ~/.Trash


The first command in the second set will prompt you for your administrator password; nothing will appear in the Terminal window while it is being typed. In either case, click on the Finder icon in the Dock with the Control and Option keys pressed, and relaunch it.


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Trash will not hold any trash!

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