Hey guys, I keep getting this error when I try to empty the trash. There's a folder that I haven't been able to delete for few months now. How can I empty the trash?
Please help me.
Alright, I'm going to try rebooting in Safe Mode and then empty the trash. However, the files that I'm unable to empty the trash on only appear when I've mounted the Truecrypt volume... so can I still re-boot in Safe Mode and empty the trash?
Hey guys, I'm still struggling with this problem. When I mount the Truecrypt container and try to empty the trash I get this error:
"The operation can’t be completed because the item “SportPsyche” is in use."
Could someone PLEASE help me?
Edit: When the Truecrypt container isn't mounted I can empty the Trash, however, I'll need to empty the Trash when the Truecrypt container is mounted because I've got files I need to delete!
I don't think it's Truecrypt's fault.
I'm also having issues deleting files on non-Truecrypt volumes like my external USB drives...
Is there a command I can use other than 'macbeast$ sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*' to force files to be deleted? This is really frustrating!!!
- With the TrueCrypt disk mounted.
- After you have clicked the Trash, and view the files, right click on one of the files. Choose a file which you think is safe to recover.
- Do you get an option to "Put Back"
- Does this work? ( file is no longer in Trash )
This is to check the TrueCrypt disk is working correctly.
You can try this on the other external drives you have mentioned above.
Thanks for your reply!
I just right-clicked several files in the Trash and none of them have the option to 'put back'!
What does this mean???
dwbrecovery wrote:
- With the TrueCrypt disk mounted.
- After you have clicked the Trash, and view the files, right click on one of the files. Choose a file which you think is safe to recover.
- Do you get an option to "Put Back"
- Does this work? ( file is no longer in Trash )
This is to check the TrueCrypt disk is working correctly.
You can try this on the other external drives you have mentioned above.
I wish there was a way to private message people on here!
Do you know which file system the TrueCrypt drive has been formated with? FAT or OS X Extended Journaled?
There are suspicions now from your reply that the TrueCrypt container is corrupted and requires a " repair disk " and "repair permissions" which you run from Disk Utility.app under the directory: /Applications/Utilities. Under Disk Utility too, you can find the file system this conainer is using.
- Before performing the above, dismount and take a backup copy of the TrueCrypt container file to another disk partition.
- Make sure you can mount this backup and view existing files. Dismount the backup before proceeding.
- This step is performed in case the repair and/or repair of permissions corrupt the TrueCrypt container and the files within it are lost forever. Then you can use the backup copy to access your existing files without loss.
All of the above posts are exercising caution in using the rm command. This is because experienced advice will be given to you so the outcome is you move on, but with minimizing the loss of your files.
Hope you understand. See how it goes.
Hey brother, thanks a lot for your reply.
I just checked and the Truecrypt container is: MS-DOS (FAT32)
How does this alter what I do from here?
Could someone please help me?
I'm having issues deleting files on my external USB drives now. When I click 'empty trash' it gets to 12 files and then it just stays on 12 files and doesn't empty the trash. I tried leaving it on overnight but nothing changed.
I just checked and the Truecrypt container is: MS-DOS (FAT32)
How does this alter what I do from here?
It doesn't change what you do from here but you still need to be cautious. Be sure the backup container works before dismounting it and proceeding on the problematic container.
With the external USB drives mentioned, best practice is to eject these drives before removal so corruption is avoided.
See how it goes with the container.
Thanks.
When I click 'empty trash' it gets to 12 files and then it just stays on 12 files and doesn't empty the trash. I tried leaving it on overnight but nothing changed.
What can I do to fix this? Please help me! Would it make a difference if I plugged the external drive into a Windows7 PC?
The only way I can eject the external USB drive is to just eject it manually because it just stays unable to empty the trash and I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS!
Could someone please help me?
Error: "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items."
