After updating to 10.9.1 Empty Trash is no longer an option

I was able to empty it after the 10.9.1 update. Mine is empty right now, has same icon as your's does right now. But when I right click on it, I see an "Empty Trash" not a "Secure Empty Trash".

Have you tried to add something to the trash to see if anything changes?

I think you also asked about screen shots... Go to System Preferences---> Keyboard---> Shortcuts---> Screen Shots. Then you can change what key combination. Just as long the new key combo isn't being used else where.

Personally I use the "Save picture of selected area to clipboard", which is "control(^)---shift(arrow up)---command---4"

KOT

Hello, just do the following:

1. Go to the Apple Menu bar and click on the Finder category. Look for the Preferences Option.

2. Once in the preferences menu look in the topbar and click the gear icon which is the advanced preferences menu.

3. Look for the option "Empty the trash securly". Make sure the checkbox is uncheked.

Hope that helps you

randynchicago wrote:

I just updated to the newest version of Mavericks form the previous version. Rebooted and now I cannot Empty Trash, even though there are files in it. I also noticed that it doesn't have the "full" trash icon (ya know, the trash bin with papers in it). The only reason the attached image says Empty Secure Trash is becuase when I did a screen capture using Command-Shift-3, Mavericks change it. How do I fix this? Anyone have the same issue? Before the update, my Trash icon lokoed full and I could right click on it and choose to Empty Trash, now its grayed out, even though there are obviously files in the trash.

I have the same issue. I can empty the trash from the Finder menu but my trash can looks empty (even though it has files in it) and right clicking the trsh can has Empty Trash grayed out. Makes not sense. I am going to run disk utility to see if some permissions got screwed-up or somethign.

I ran Disk Utility and although lots of permissions were screwed-up, it had no impact on the trash can. It still had no right click capability. But then... I ran a Secure Empty Trash command and when it stalled and looked like it was going to take forvever, I killed it. When the process finally stoppped (which took some time), the icon showed files in the Trash and the right click was restored. Maybe a badly behaved file in the Trash? Who knows. That's what worked for me.

Darn - it's doing it again. Files in there and no visual indication. Such as small thing and yet so darned annoying.

This is absoluetly the correct solution. It works perfectly for the time being. Hopefully keeps going on with my mac.

This looks so far like the solution for me.

Thanks!

Jeremy

Hey SGoodness,

I was having the same issue after a few months of running Mavericks. Normally I right-click on anything I want to send to the trash and use the drop down menu. This resulted in the same problem: Trash in the can but no ability to empty it and no change in the dock icon.

The simple solution that worked for me: Drag any item to the trash icon in the dock. As soon as I placed it in the trash, the icon changed and has been working perfectly since.

I have tried what you suggest but the problem is that there is no (4th) option to "Empty the trash securely"

It simply is not there.

Rik in Alb