44k in trash won't delete locks computer

[Isozaki]

44,000 items are in my trash and its locking the computer up to the point i am getting really pissed off.

I have a 2011 macbook pro with 10.6.7 osx. I have had to hard start the computer 3 times today and I know this is bad for my hard drives. I have no idea how 44,000 items got into trash I have not been deleteing that much in just 3 hours or so. How can i delete the files and then limit the trash can to 100mb. I am god D*** there should be a limit to the damn trash can to start with.

 

[Hans Brix]

44,000 items are in my trash and its locking the computer up to the point i am getting really pissed off.

I have a 2011 macbook pro with 10.6.7 osx. I have had to hard start the computer 3 times today and I know this is bad for my hard drives. I have no idea how 44,000 items got into trash I have not been deleteing that much in just 3 hours or so. How can i delete the files and then limit the trash can to 100mb. I am god D*** there should be a limit to the damn trash can to start with.

Are you using "Secure Empty Trash"? If you are, try disabling it to see if the deletion process is quicker.

 

[Isozaki]

No I am not.
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

That does not work either. It asks for a password and it says

Last login: Thu May 26 20:23:41 on ttys000
name-removed-MacBook-Pro:~ Iphyy$ sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:

I don't have a password set i never did. I think whats going to have to happen is I am going to have to copy everything to another 2tb hard drive and format this one. Its going to be the only way I think. I am going to try to just empty it right before I go to bed and see if 9 hours is enough time to let it do its thing but this really blows and I am really pissed at this point.

 

[Apple OC]

2011 MBP ... reinstall OSX

 

[Isozaki]

I might do that as well.

 

[tcador]

Have you tried deleting chunks of files instead of all at once or does it fail even on a small subset of files?

 

[Mal]

No I am not.
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

That does not work either. It asks for a password and it says

Last login: Thu May 26 20:23:41 on ttys000
name-removed-MacBook-Pro:~ Iphyy$ sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:

I don't have a password set i never did. I think whats going to have to happen is I am going to have to copy everything to another 2tb hard drive and format this one. Its going to be the only way I think. I am going to try to just empty it right before I go to bed and see if 9 hours is enough time to let it do its thing but this really blows and I am really pissed at this point.

Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6: sudo command requires a non-blank admin password

Basically, that command didn't work because you don't have a password. Set one, run that command, then remove the password if you wish. Simple as that.

jW