I emptied the Aperture trash, and am now trying to empty my desktop trash (Finder > Emty Trash) but it is taking sooooo long. I have almost 5,000 items to delete, and the progress bar is moving very slowly. Is this normal?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Probably. Depending on the size of the files 5000 can take a while to empty from the trash. Also if you are doing a secure empty of the trash that will add time.
Let it run if you still have problems post back.
Probably. Depending on the size of the files 5000 can take a while to empty from the trash. Also if you are doing a secure empty of the trash that will add time.
Let it run if you still have problems post back.
Thank you for the encouragement, Frank. Also, you are right, I did select 'secure' empty.
I did select 'secure' empty.
Ok that explains it, selecting this adds a lot of time to the emptying,
A normal emptying of the trash is really a bookkeeping operation., The Operating System only marks the disk space where those files are as available to be used again but doesn't actually write over the data so this goes pretty quick.
With a secure erase the area on the disk where the data is stored is written over. This adds a lot of time to the operation.
So sit back you might be waiting for a bit 😀
regards
Thanks again, Frank. I learned something about the different emptying options. I guess it's time for a nice cup of tea and a long wait. At least now I'm not worrying that something is wrong.
Glad it helped, enjoy the tea!
Why is Aperture trash taking so long to empty?
