QuickTime & Trash can

Try saving the .mov file and playing it from your computer rather than from the browser. Also try using a different browser and updating Quicktime.

 

1. Google Perian and install it. Try that site again and let us know.

2. How are you trying to empty it? From Finder (click anywhere on the desktop to make finder active), press cmd+shift+delete

 

Dear Eyal

Please use this software to open and play your movies its called VLC

You can download it from here http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

Empty the trash by clicking on the trash can and holding - it will give the option to empty the trash. Also if you click on the desktop - it will say "Finder"
in the top left hand corner. Click on the Finder menu and it will give you choices to empty the trash.

Try Mac help (also available when it says Finder in the top left hand corner).

 

google Perian and VLC as the previous guys said. and thats it.

you could try an app called 'mainmenu' which is free and will 'force empty' trash

 

Ctrl + Click on the trash can, then click on Empty Trash. If you enabled right click on your mouse, you can also do that.

If there are still items in the trash, make sure the applications and/or associated are closed out first.

 

ok, list whats in the trash can for us...
and what is the movie extension you cant play (did u try VLC?)

 

Did you try restarting? The files might be in use, a restart should fix that.

 

Usually when you can't empty the trash something is in use. Logging out or restarting fixes it as said in the previous posts.

Also, you should use Perian and Flip4Mac.

 

Sometimes the OS lags a little when it's emptying the trash, and the icon looks like it's still has files inside of it, just simply clicking trash can will force the computer to refresh the icon.

 

Have you used a USB stick or external drive recently which you trashed some files from? If so you will need to connect that drive again and then empty the trash.

Regarding Quicktime make sure you havent accidentally deleted Quicktime (sounds stupid but it happens). If you have you will need to reinstall it from your startup disks that came with your mac.

If you havent erased it and still have problems. Install Perian like others have said and also Flip4Mac.

Hopefully that will sort any problems. It will allow you to watch WMV files via Quicktime as well as a host of other filetypes not natively supported by Quicktime.

Personally I wouldn't waste my time with VLC. I think it is the buggiest app available. Others swear by it but I really can't see why. With Perian and Flip4Mac installed you should be open pretty much any video format using Quicktime.

Hope this helps.

 

There you go. The trashed files were on another volume. If you put the drive back online you can empty the trash. You will only see them in the trash if you have it mounted.

 

the quick answer with a usb drive is to backup what you want from it and write zero's on it in disk utility

Again, Please tell us what format the movie is that you want to play (IE: what extension does it have?)

also can you list the files that are stuck in your trash pls?

also what drive are these files stuck on?
internal drive/external drive/Network drive?

We really need more info