Cannot Empty Trash

Well, you can use the terminal and delete them yourself:

cd .Trash
rm ./*

(just make sure that before you execute the 2nd command, you are indeed in the .Trash directory)

A small utility program called TrashIt will achieve the same, without the risk of using Terminal

I had this a while back and tracked the issue down to my Pegasus R4's firmware which has since been updated..It first started asking me for my system password to confirm delete. Then placed the items in the trash but I couldn't remove them..not even using terminal.

I did a little digging around and discovered that my trashes folders had been deleted I replaced them using mkdir in terminal, and updated the Pegasus's firmware...Haven't had an issue since, but even if you aren't using an external, I'd check to make sure those trashes items are where they should be.

jezzastern said:

A small utility program called TrashIt will achieve the same, without the risk of using Terminal

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Terminal is not a risk.

rabidz7 said:

Terminal is not a risk.

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If you know how to use it, no. Otherwise you could end up damaging the OS

rjcalifornia said:

If you know how to use it, no. Otherwise you could end up damaging the OS

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I'd agree, using terminal if you aren't familiar with it can really mess things up.

Macman45 said:

I'd agree, using terminal if you aren't familiar with it can really mess things up.

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Thus the old saying regarding the terminal goes like this:

First think, then type.