Intel Mac :: Cannot Empty Trash - New Finder Window Opened

Apr 4, 2012

I've been trying to empty files in trash, and everytime I do, it brings up a new finder window and says that it's preparing to move to trash, but it's already in trash. When I try to take it out of trash it says that it's copying the file to my desktop.

Info:
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

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I tried every option to empty trash... Clicking alt when I select empty trash in finder... Using terminal / see locked files...

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So, I tried repairing permissions using disk utility.  After permissions were fixed, I still had the problem. 

I then deleted the following files:

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com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

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2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
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Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
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This is just ridiculous in my option so I just did the "Empty Trash" feature, showing me only 350 items, which deleted quickly in under 5 minutes...

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May 10, 2012

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In the past when I've just "deleted trash" i've seen different results. If I have say 10GB's in the trash and I just "empty trash" then i'll maybe gain back like a GB or 2. ...if anything.

So, my concern is...say currently with the 25GB amount of trash I have, If I decided to just "empty trash", I obviously would not have gained back all the 25GB's..., perhaps just a few, guessing something like 5GB.

Well, does that mean that those GB's that are emptied in the trash (not securely) are just lost forever?

..Or will I regain those GB's the next time around (say weeks later) I securely empty the trash with whatever happens to be in there (all new stuff in the trash)?

Am I making sense?

Kinda confusing to me cause I don't understand it. But I feel it's vital for me to get this and have the most amount of gigs available on my Mac now that i'm using about 30GB's per week filming stuff and editing it on iMovie.

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Feb 2, 2012

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The first tech support person said everything would work when it was finish indexing. Of course that was not true. 

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Apr 2, 2012

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May 10, 2012

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Jun 12, 2012

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