i have a file on my macbook pro called recycler and I cannot get rid of it from the trash
its says .vmx is locked
and having gone in to it i see the file
jwgkvsq.vmx has a locked sign by it
any ideas how to get rid of this ?
After getting my flash drive back from a friend, it had a Win32 virus on it. These are normally locked, and I usually just go into Get Info and unlock it. This particular file, however, doesn't let me unlock it. And since I can't unlock it, I can't delete it.
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when trying to unlock the usual way (right click - get info - uncheck the locked box) it will not allow to uncheck, the check mark just keeps coming back. Troubleshooting already done:
- Tried a disk repair, this didn't work
- Logged in as Admin and tried deleting the file, this didn't work
- launching terminal and "sudo rm -f" -- this idea didn't work either
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MacBook Pro
I am relatively new to the Mac. I have a Macbook Pro 2.2GHz. Today, a file keeps popping up on my desktop. It is named .DS_Store. The icon looks like a text document. I won't open it cuz I'm afraid of what it is, lol (Windows still clogging my brain). Anyway, I can drag it to the trash and delete the trash, but after a bit, it reappears.
Any idea how to get rid of it?
how can i delete a file that says that it is still use when the trash can is emptied and the file is not opened
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Z��␀�J�?.h��
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), i7 quad core 2.3GHz,8 Gb Ram
well we bought a second hand micro sd card from ebay. i was using it fine on osx no problems but when my brother put it on his pc there seems to be a worm on the card as his virus protection pops up. using my mac i am able to pinpoint the worm file but its a locked file and osx wont let me delet it or move it to the trash because its a locked file.
my question is how can i delet this file so my brother is able to use on his pc?
i am using OSX 10.6.1
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here is the error below.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro, 10.5.8
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MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
