A storage location for files that have been marked for deletion, but not yet removed from the filesystem.
Questions tagged [trash]
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App to empty trash on a single drive
The "Empty Trash" is a bit non-specific for me, as it empties the trash on all connected volumes. In order to empty trash from a single drive (for instance, on a USB stick), I've been going to the terminal and using:
sudo rm -R…
Bill Nace
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Impossible to Delete Catalina Installers
I've tried to delete the Catalina installer twice - and both instances have become stuck in Trash.
Trying to empty Trash via GUI results in 'operation can't be completed because item is in use` errors. Same thing when I reboot into safe mode and try…
lodeOfCode
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Problems with the trash
My iMac trash folder takes forever to clean out. I had 4 files in there today and when i went to empty it, it was saying there was 1,590,715 items in it.
Can anyone help please.
