I am trying to delete items in my trash and this error appears every time "The operation canât be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."

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I am trying to delete items in my trash and this error appears every time "The operation canât be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."

My computer seems to only have 3 GB of memory left and I am trying to purge all programs and documents that have been duplicated. Now when I try to delete any and all items from my trash the following error appears "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)." Has anyone experienced the same issues and if so how do I resolve the issue?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 18, 2013 4:55 PM

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kaz-k

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Jun 20, 2013 2:48 AM in response to gcinemasweet

You can't empty the trash or move files to the trash:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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kaz-k

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Jun 20, 2013 3:16 AM in response to gcinemasweet

or with Terminal.app(/Applications/Utilites/Terminal)

cd $home/.Trash/

sudo rm -rf *

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n m u

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Jul 1, 2013 1:48 PM in response to gcinemasweet

I had the same problem yesterday with an application file that was deleted after installation of an update. I used "Put Back" to move it back to its original location, then used "Show Package Contents" to delete/empty trash for small groups of files at a time. I suppose the application file itself may have been too large to empty at one time. I hope this helps.

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I am trying to delete items in my trash and this error appears every time "The operation canât be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."

I am trying to delete items in my trash and this error appears every time "The operation canât be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."