deleting files

[ianblomeley]

I transferred files on to my new mac. Some I want to delete. Dragging to trash or "move to trash" in Finder results in a request for the password. I enter the password. The trash noise comes but nothing happens. The file remains untouched. Any ideas?

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

reboot.

 

[ianblomeley]

reboot.

tried that. same thing

 

[hughvane]

Did the files come from another computer, and were you the Admin user for that? My *guess* is that permissions for those files that will not delete are/were different. Try Repair Permissions from Disk Utility, or use Onyx.

 

[ant-macyourself]

Occasionally renaming the files or moving them to another folder, then to the Trash might work.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

use terminal

sudo rm /path/to/flile

if it's a folder use

sudo rm -r /path/to/directory

 

[ianblomeley]

Did the files come from another computer, and were you the Admin user for that? My *guess* is that permissions for those files that will not delete are/were different. Try Repair Permissions from Disk Utility, or use Onyx.

It was another machine and I think your "permission" "guess" was right on the money. Thanks.