Why is my waste basket basket greyed out on my I Mac ,OS X Yoesmite, version 10.10.3 with 8gb mem?
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
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Linc
Thank you for your quick response.
I took a screen shot of my Dock, with greyed/white, waste basket but I am having trouble posting it to this msg.
John O
The icon is always gray-white. What happens when you try to move a file to the Trash?
When I try to move files to waste basket on the dock, the file seems to move to the basket. But when I click on the basket icon to see results the folder is blank.
However, the mail folder on left side indicates the transfer.
Prior to this instant problem, the basket would look like crumpled paper was in the basket but now it is grey/white.
1. Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/.Trash
2. Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info in Finder (or just Show Info)
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
3. The dialog should show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section. If that's not what it shows, click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and enter your password when prompted. Use the plus- and minus-sign buttons to give yourself Read & Write access and "everyone" No Access. Delete any other entries in the access list.
4. In the General section, uncheck the box marked Locked if it's checked.
5. From the action menu (gear icon) at the bottom of the dialog, select
Apply to enclosed items
and confirm.
6. Close the Info window and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.
Greyed out waste basket
