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shan21

macrumors regular
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Jan 27, 2008
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UK
when i click trash the folder doesn't appear or when i click about this mac it doesn't show but it is there in the background it just won't show on the screen

any help
 

ergdegdeg

Moderator emeritus
Oct 13, 2007
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That used to happen to me too, occasionally. A restart always helped.

After an archive & install it hasn't reappeared so far.
 

shan21

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 27, 2008
151
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UK
i done that but the trash still doesn't come up but the other stuff do
 

ergdegdeg

Moderator emeritus
Oct 13, 2007
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Well, as a short-term solution, open a new Finder window and enter CMD + Shift + g then ~/.Trash so you can see what's in your trash.

Maybe also try repairing permissions.
 

shan21

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 27, 2008
151
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UK
i repaired the permissions and it won't open trash or force quit
 

shan21

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 27, 2008
151
0
UK
i fixed it and it was weird

here's what happened

i put a driving theory test running on vmware fusion and quit and shutdown windows and quit vmware then i went on the desktop on the mac and was going to right click and eject then i just pressed it on the keyboard and then about this mac, force quite and trash all opened up and now they can open without any problems
 
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