why won't it move something that says downloading to trash

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why won't it move something that says downloading to trash

I was downloading something that I realized i didn't want, so i dragged it to the trash and 3 days later it still says moving to trash, why?

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 7, 2014 7:28 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 8, 2014 3:50 AM in response to Connor377

It can't be moved to the trash until the download finishes and the file is closed.

There should be a way to abort a download but I don't know how since I've never needed to do that.

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Answer 2

Feb 8, 2014 5:42 AM in response to Connor377

Generally the Apple STOP code is command-. (that's pressing command and period at the same time). You might have to press the sequence more than once but Apple uses standard code sets for programmers and just as command-O opens and command-P prints, command-. says "Computer- user wants to halt process".

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

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Feb 8, 2014 9:08 AM in response to Connor377

Relaunch the Finder.

OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit

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