Unable to delete a disk image and reclaim hard drive space.

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Unable to delete a disk image and reclaim hard drive space.

I created a disk image on which to store some stuff, and I now want to get rid of the disk image (which is 115 gigs of storage) and reclaim the hard drive space. I'm running Mac OS X 10.8.3. I have been unable to delete it through disk utility. I can only unmount it or mount it, but the storage space remains with it. I can't get rid of it through the downloads folder either, but if I find it in "volumes" via spotlight, and try to put it in the trash, it tells me "ENN.dmg cannot be thrown away because it can't be deleted." I tried using root user to delete the item and it told me I could not because it belongs to another person. My permissions are "read and write." I've searched all sorts of forums. Can anyone help? Thanks!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on May 17, 2013 5:45 PM

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LowLuster

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May 17, 2013 5:53 PM in response to maxorr94

Although I've been using macs for a while my knowledge of disk utility is fairly rudimentary. But I don't think you can delete anything in disk utility. you can unmount a disk or disk image, dmg, and remove it from the list of available drives/images but for deleting you need to first unmount it then open finder and find that image on your drive and move it to the trash then empty the trash.

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