I'm having a bit of trouble with my macbook at the moment. I upgraded to Lion about a month ago, and since then, the empty trash function has been playing up.
It's not working, at all.
No error message, the empty trash sound plays, but it doesn't actually empty.
This seems to be a problem with a number of other people, pointed out by a quick google search. But there doesn't seem to be a permanent solution at the moment.
I have a workaround which I'm using - typing sudo rm -rf into the terminal window, dragging the contents of the trash into the terminal window, then entering my password which empties the trash.
If there's no solution to emptying the trash, would some clever person be able to write me an automator script which opens a terminal window, enters the sudo rm -rf command, then enters the contents of my trash?
Thanks in advance
It's not working, at all.
No error message, the empty trash sound plays, but it doesn't actually empty.
This seems to be a problem with a number of other people, pointed out by a quick google search. But there doesn't seem to be a permanent solution at the moment.
I have a workaround which I'm using - typing sudo rm -rf into the terminal window, dragging the contents of the trash into the terminal window, then entering my password which empties the trash.
If there's no solution to emptying the trash, would some clever person be able to write me an automator script which opens a terminal window, enters the sudo rm -rf command, then enters the contents of my trash?
Thanks in advance
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