cannot empty trash

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cannot empty trash

I dragged a movie, not a downloaded one, to the trash, and tried to empty the trash. I waited and waited, then got impatient and clicked "stop emptying trash", and it got stuck again. The only way out was to relauch the finder.

I took the movie out of the trash, and it emptied nicely. Then tried to bin the movie file and empty trash. Same problem. Now it says "0 items to delete", but won't let me shut down computer without relaunching finder.

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Nov 14, 2012 8:39 AM

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Chamar

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Nov 14, 2012 8:41 AM in response to axelbottenberg

Press and hold the Option Key then select Empty Trash.

If that does not work try some of the suggestions here.

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Answer 2

Nov 14, 2012 8:47 AM in response to Chamar

Hi, this helped. I used the "cocktail option" (System tab, Trash option), and forced the trash to empty. Thanks for pointing that out. The emptying trash really slowed my macbook down. Now that it's empty, it's back to normal.

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