Intel Mac :: Delete Files Off Desktop?
Apr 16, 2012Inadvertently added 1000s of jpg files to desktop .imac grinding to a halt! How do I easily delete all files off desktop?
Info:iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)
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Desktops :: Delete Excess Files From Desktop?
Nov 13, 2010I have an eMac with a PPC G4 processer. 1GB ram, using Mac OSX 10.4.11.
recently I tried to split a Youtube video clip into 2 segments. Unfortunately I input the wrong instructions and ended up with over 3700 4kb files on my desktop. Totally overloaded.
Is there any way I can delete these 3700 files without trashing other needed files on my desktop?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Delete Band Files From Desktop
Apr 19, 2012I was working on a file in GarageBand, I saved the .band file on my desktop, but after I quit GarageBand without saving the work, the .band file went a little weird. I tried dragging it to the trash and cmd-delete it but the message came up saying "The item Recording Final.band be moved to the Trash because it cant be deleted." Later I launched GarageBand again, and when I tried to drag the weird .band file from desktop to the GarageBand icon on my dock, the dock appears to crash, my wallpaper went gray for a second and then the dock came back up. Also when I select the file and hit space bar to do a quick look it shows up saying No Items Selected. I like to keep my desktop tidy don't want these files here blocking the way.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Add,edit Or Delete Files On Desktop
May 22, 2012I am having a problem accessing any files on my desktop. I cannot delete, edit or move files there. I have rebooted and repaired permissions using disk utility. When trying to perform any task with files on the desktop, the icon freezes and gets 'stuck' to the mouse and prevents me from performing other tasks. It also prevents shut down (have to hard shut down with the power key).Current permissions for the Desktop folder are drwx
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook :: Delete Non-responsive Excel Files From The Desktop?
Apr 12, 2012MS Excel put two files on my desktop that cannot be opened, moved or trashed. They are not files I created, and are identified by a random series of 8 letters/numbers. When I try to open or move them there's simply no response. When I try to trash them I get the message: "The item 'xxxxxxxx' can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted." I had this same problem a couple years ago and I called Apple Care and they walked me through how to delete the files. Now my Apple Care is expired and I'd rather not pay $50 to resolve a rather simple problem. It's just that I can't recall the procedure for deleting these files. how to get these files off the desktop?
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Mar 21, 2012i have Macbook pro running on Mac OS X, Snow Leopard ver. 10.6.8 . I am not able to delete rename and modify my desktop folder and files. even through the admin account and all previleges i cant move them to Thrash. as i try to delete them it asks for password and then no action takes place. i have even used repair permissions from disk utility, used the terminal window method but nothing happened. the "get info " shows read and write permision but still i cannot even rename them there.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Unable To Delete Jpg Files And RAW Files From Applications Folder?
Apr 18, 2012I have tried moving them to the trash, as well as using the move to trash button. They seam to go to the trash can but when I delete the trash they are still in the file. I am trying to clear out some old files so that I can have room on my start up disk. My Disk is full and it is making it hard for me to open more then one file. I am getting an external hard drive soon but don't want these files on it.
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iMac
Intel Mac :: Permanently Delete Photos From Photo Stream On Desktop?
Mar 9, 2012How do I permanently delete photos from Photo Stream on my Desktop?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: How To Delete Files
Jul 3, 2012I have two files on the desktop. pxsetup-1 and pxsetup-2. when trying to delete I get an error message: The item “pxsetup-1” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted. So how do I get rid of these tywo files?
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Intel Mac :: Delete Files From Trash That Are Protected?
Apr 19, 2012Have just added two external WD My book drives using time machine. In the process files were saved,copied between drives and then sent to trash. I now have have the operating software for the drive backup firmly anchored in my trash bin. It won't get rid of it. How do I overcome this problem.
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: Delete Cookies And Temp Files On It?
Apr 23, 2012I can't get on the website [url]...By deleting cookies and temp files on my pc and ipad the problem was fixed.How do I do it on my imac?
Info:iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: Delete All Files On Hard Drive?
May 6, 2012I am selling my iMac 27" and I want to deleted all of my files except for the IOS Lion. how to do this and get the hard drive back to a factory setting so that I can sell the computer and not have to worry about content being on the hard drive. I have a external hard drive backup.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7)
Intel Mac :: Delete Double Files Effective On MAC?
Jun 22, 2012How I to delete double Files effective on MAC?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: Delete Files From My Flash Drive?
Jun 29, 2012I have about 30gb pictures stored on a flash drive, what is the best and quickest way to delete them?
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May 24, 2012I am working on clearing off some hard drive space, and my first step was to remove some unneeded items from an external HD to make some space there. When I drag the folder I'm trying to delete to the trash, I first get a message that the items will be immediately deleted (I think because my internal HD is quite full?) and that's fine because I do want to delete these, so I say OK. It starts the process of deleting, and counting how many files it's deleting, then gives me a message that the operation cannot be completed because item "xx" is locked. The only solutions I have found on here involve unlocking "xx" but my problem is, when I search the computer and/or the external for item "xx" nothing is found. I'm really not sure if the issue with item "xx" is an issue with the drive or with the computer, or what to do about it?? If it's the drive, I suppose I could back up what I do want to save from the drive then re-format it?
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iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
IMac (Intel) :: Trash Will Not Delete Some Movie Files
Sep 6, 2014Trash does not delete some movie files I wish to remove from my computer.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
IMac (Intel) :: Completely Delete Application And All Its Files
Jun 25, 2014I just deleted yahoo messenger from my computer by going to finder then applications and throwing it in the trash. But when i reinstalled it by downloading from the website it remembered some info from before? How can I totally delete yahoo messenger?
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May 6, 2012My desktop have suddenly decided NOT to show files, folders and disks. I can se those files via Finder but not directly on the desktop. I have repaired permissions, verified the disk and ofcourse checked my Finder preferenses - but no go. The desktop shows what I want it to show if I switch user.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iMac early 2009
Intel Mac :: Unable To Drag Or Place Files To My Desktop
May 17, 2012Since reorganizing my file system. when I click the "desktop folder"a message comes up "There is no application set to open the document 'desktop'. Further I am not able to drag any files onto the actual desktop.
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Jun 5, 2012My Canon photo printer does not recognize files on my desktop?
Canon has "never heard of this problem".
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
IMac (Intel) :: How To Delete Hidden Files All Are Highlighted In Yellow
Aug 29, 2014There is no disk space left on a 27" imac. Unable to update any software. There is a ton of hidden files, all highlighted in yellow. How can I delete them?
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Mar 19, 2012When using Excel "microsoft Office" I find on my desktop files that I am unable to task, move or relocate. How can I clear my desktop?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Microsoft Office
IMac (Intel) :: Screenshots Not Appearing On Desktop But Going To All Files In Finder
Jun 6, 2014My screen shots are no longer appearing on my desktop as preferred but instead are going to ' all files' in Finder.
I must have changed a setting but can't figure out what I did to cause it.
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iMac, iOS 6.1.4
Intel Mac :: How To Delete 3.7 Million Zero-byte Plist Files From Time Machine
Feb 21, 2012I found 3,708,612 copies of zero byte plist files in over 50 folders in my Time Machine backup database. One perf-pane application made all of them. Is there a fast way, really fast way to delete all of them at once.The spinning ball takes a long time to delete even one file stored 50 or more times in different or the same folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3.6 GHz Intel Core i5
Intel Mac :: GoFlex Desk System Cannot Delete Files Or Move To Trash
Apr 30, 2012I purchased a GoFlex Desk for Mac with the FW800 adapter. No issues with stability or performance.The only thing that is weird is related to deletion of files:
1) When I set a program to auto-clean files (for example, deleting source rar files after unpacking) it doesn't work
2) Whenever I try to delete a file, I get a warning that "This cannot be undone", and it's doing a permanent delete rather than moving it to trash.I've verified that I'm not using any Seagate drivers, and the drive shows up as the "Orange" generic external drive.
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GoFlex Desk, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
IMac (Intel) :: Lost All Files And Folders On The Desktop And Also In Time Machine
Dec 4, 2014All files and folders on the desktop disappeared, I checked time machine and even there are no longer present, even going back months.
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Intel Mac :: How To Delete Internet Streaming Files That Are Causing Hard Drive To Be Full
May 5, 2012Here is the back ground information of this situation. I have a IMAC 21 inch 500GB Hard drive 4 GB RAM, which is up to date with OS X Ver 10.7.3. So my wife loves to stream her favorite USA TV shows via the Internet, considering we are stationed overseas. She pulled me away from the NBA playoffs because she kept getting this error of start up disk full delete files (or something to that effect.) So last week, I deleted about 40GB of old shows that we downloaded and various other files and pictures. Not even four days later the Hard drive is full again, and I think it is from my wife's streaming habit. I went to "About This IMAC", to find out where the memory was being used from and its 377 GB used in a "OTHER", and the rest being utilized from APPS, MUSIC, PICTURES, etc. So next I cleared the history and deleted the cache files and reset safari on both our log in profiles, then logged out and restarted the computer, which did not minimize the Hard drive memory being occupied. Where are those streaming files getting saved specifically, for maybe a manual delete?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Save Files To One Desktop So That They Remain On That Desktop And Don't Follow To Other Desktops?
Feb 21, 2012I want to keep my school files on desktop two so they are all in the same place, and use desktop one as a place to perhaps save photos or other files not school related. When I swipe between desktops, the school files move between the desktops as I swipe but I want to keep them on one desktop all the time.
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Mac Pro, iOS 5.0.1
