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Trash Issues (Locked)

Plymouthbreezer

Plymouthbreezer

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Okay, now I know how to delete a locked file... But, here's the story.

After backin up all apps on my iPod, I just copied all the files over to my HD in Tiger. So, having the files on the computer, I don't need 'em on my iPod. I moved most of the apps/files to the trash. Well, I moved them all at once, so the trash now has 71 items, which contain thousands and thousands of files, some of which are locked. Now I have a trash that can't be dumped unless I unlock the files. However, I would have to copy all the files back on to my computer, files that are already there. Plus, this would take a few hours to copy back.

So, I know there must be some way around this. Any serious tech guys know the solution?
 
Plymouthbreezer said:
Okay, now I know how to delete a locked file... But, here's the story.

After backin up all apps on my iPod, I just copied all the files over to my HD in Tiger. So, having the files on the computer, I don't need 'em on my iPod. I moved most of the apps/files to the trash. Well, I moved them all at once, so the trash now has 71 items, which contain thousands and thousands of files, some of which are locked. Now I have a trash that can't be dumped unless I unlock the files. However, I would have to copy all the files back on to my computer, files that are already there. Plus, this would take a few hours to copy back.

So, I know there must be some way around this. Any serious tech guys know the solution?
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Try secure empty trash? Works for me when stuff is misbehaving in there.
 
The good old Command+Option+Shift+Delete keystroke I used in Mac OS 9 to deal with this issue works great for me in Mac OS X...
 
Nope, didn't work.

It stinks... Because I have like 20GB's of stuff sitting in my trash, and no way to get rid of it.
 
the hold option and empty trash doesn't work? cause that bypasses the locks.. always has.. ... (like said above)
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
The good old Command+Option+Shift+Delete keystroke I used in Mac OS 9 to deal with this issue works great for me in Mac OS X...
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Humm, sounds promising... Howvever, I can't seem to get it to work. 😕

Edit: Nevermind... It seems to be working. But, we'll see.

Is there anyway to delete each file in the trash by its self?
 
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