1. Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/.Trash
2. Right-click or
control-click the highlighted line and select
Services
▹
Show Info
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
3. The dialog should show "You can read and write" in the
Sharing & Permissions section. If that's not what it shows, click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and enter your password when prompted. Use the plus- and minus-sign buttons to give yourself
Read & Write access and "everyone"
No Access. Delete any other entries in the access list.
4. In the
General section, uncheck the box marked
Locked if it's checked.
5. From the action menu (gear icon) at the bottom of the dialog, select
Apply to enclosed items and confirm.
6. Close the Info window and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (
command-C). Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (
command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.
