theRouleauFamily
Level 1
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Q: Cannot move files to the trash bin
Hello,
I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and have since also changed the administrator on our MacBook Pro. My account (formerly the admin) can no longer move files to the trash bin. My wife's account (now admin) has no problem doing so. When I try dragging a file to the trash I get "Finder wants to make changes, type the administrator's name and password to allow this."
Not something I wan't to be doing every time. Please help.
Thanks,
the RouleauFamily
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
theRouleauFamily
Level 1
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Thanks for your reply. The permissions looked fine.
Here is the fix I found at http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html which worked:
| If the affected account is: | Then type the Terminal command: |
| Your Admin account: | sudo rm -ri ~/.Trash |
| Another user account: | sudo rm -ri /Users/user_name/.Trash where user_name is the short name of the affected account. |
Warmly,
Olivier
