Lion Trash

[mark28]

I can't clean my Trash. I got 70.000 items to delete and it takes 1 second to delete 1 item.

So it will take about 70.000 seconds to clear my Trash

What's going on with Lion?

 

[mrapplegate]

I can't clean my Trash. I got 70.000 items to delete and it takes 1 second to delete 1 item.

So it will take about 70.000 seconds to clear my Trash

What's going on with Lion?

If it is taking too long for you hit stop and empty it in terminal.

 

[gentlefury]

Get an SSD....clears the trash, regardless of the amount, instantly

 

[mark28]

I found what the problem was. Secure erasing was set on default which caused a very slow erasing.

I solved the problem by a regular erase which was instantaneous

 

[overcast]

By default secure delete is on. Turn off under preferences.