I hope my question has not been answerd yet, don�t want to bother anyone:
I use a USB-Flash Drive between my Mac and the PC�s at University. I can�t seem to delete the "Recycler"-file from the USB-Driver.
It wouldnt be a problem if just the file was visible, but after deleting all files and docs I still don�t have the free space I need.
I am trying to delete an XLS file from a network drive and am getting a message that says the file cannot be deleted because it is in use.I can't see where it is in use and have tried to reboot the computer to no avail. I can delete other files but several XLS files are giving me this message.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I don't know how to delete truly files from my flash drive. Whenever I press cmd+backspace or simply drag file to trash, it doesn't delete fully, i.e., space available doesn't increase on flash drive, the icon just disappears. When I plug it in using Windows, I can see .Trash and .Spotlight<something> folders which are hidden. In .Trash I see my deleted files, but how the heck can I really delete them off my flash drive? I often just copy all my content to hard drive, format flash drive and then copy back my content.
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Is there something I don't know about dmg files? are they actually larger than they appear, if not I need to find another means of transfering this file and all I have is this flash drive, no connector cables or anything like that.
I'm trying to restore the OS onto my netbook and there's a tool that is supposed to be able to automatically mount a restore image onto a flash drive. Thing is, every time I try it, it only allows me to select drive bays without discs in them, so it's sort of worthless as you cannot begin the download without selecting a valid drive.
I found the direct download that the program so I have the .img file now but I need to place it onto the flash drive in order to install the OS. In the past I've just dragged the content files after mounting them in Finder over to a formatted disk but this is now consistently producing a blank boot on the netbook. Is there a command in Terminal or an option in disk utility that I am not seeing to mount the image rather than copying the files? I'm thinking that it's missing something by simply copying the files.
Will use a USB flash drive (memory stick, etc.) to move files from a Win 98 PC to a Mac Pro.
-- PC has FAT32 file system
-- Mac Pro has journaled HFS+
What gotchas should I watch for?
I just finished a project in FCP. I exported it in QT format, and then created an iDVD project with it. Looks great. I've burend several DVD's, everything is fine. The movie file is 14.2 GB in size. Now, I need to drag the .mov file to a flash drive or SDHC card go I can give it to someone to play on their laptop. For some reason, I am getting a "File too large for volume's format" error no matter what I do. I have tried a 16GB USB flash drive, a 32GB SDHC card, and even a blank DVD. I ge the same error everytime. Is it a FAT32 limitation, or what am I missing here? How can I distribute this on flash media?
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MacPro 2.26 Ghz Quad Core, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 16 GB RAM
I have audio files I recorded and stored in itunes how can I transfer one audio file to a flash drive?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Safari 5.1.2
I have an .app file on a USB Drive that I can't seem to delete, I have looked at the Get Info window and everything to do with permissions is greyed out, although it does say I have read/write permissions in grey.
Anyway taking some advice from another forum I went into terminal and tried this code: Code: cd ~/.Trash/ sudo rm -rf [filename] but it just said after each file in the package that it was read only and didn't delete it. So how can I change the permissions?
I would like to add that I dont want to reformat the drive because I'm pretty sure there are some hidden files on there and the drive is actually a mobile broadband modem, but does have a little storage capacity on it. I dont want to run the risk of deleting files that might make the modem work.
I've had some trouble deleting a file off my external hard drive connected to my iMac. The file shows up on the mac side but doesn't appear when I switch over to windows. I've tried to uncheck the permissions of the locked file but it will not unlock it.
When I try to send it to the trash, a dialogue appears saying that it is a locked file but do you want to delete it anyway. Nothing happens when I hit continue to delete the file. Anyone have any suggestions to get rid of this file?
I created a bootable usb drive on a windows pc using windows 7 to install windows 8 preview and want to make a copy to install in virtualbox on my imac and burn to a dvd that will work on pc.
I've tried using disk utility to create an image and get a file ESD-USB.dmg, but virtualbox won't boot a dmg file.
I tried converting it in the terminal with:
hdiutil convert -format UDRO -o windows8.iso ESD-USB.dmg
but the resulting file was windows8.iso.dmg. I changed the name to windows8.iso, but even so, virtualbox complains it's unbootable.
I tried the terminal command:
dd if=/dev/disk4 of=windows8.iso
but virtualbox complained that it's not bootable.
I tried the terminal command:
cat /dev/disk4 > windows8.iso
but virtualbox complained that it's not bootable.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have 2 new macs, (24 and 27), only 1 of which I use at a time. It is sinking into my consciousness that ScreenRecycler is the best way to utilize both computers, and to use the 24 as the second monitor, via ScreenRecycler. This is more apt, I think, than TelePort, which works dandy. I make books and I have InDesign on the main computer; and the toolbars, Photoshop, Excel, at al, on the second monitor. I copy and paste a whole lot, and Teleport is not appropriate for that.
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-How's the performance?
This morning I suddenly found out that, on my new macbook pro, command-delete will delete the file (with the warning window) immediately without putting it into trash first. This function works well yesterday.
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Any idea how to get rid of it?
After I installed OS X I decided to go through my other partitions & do a little spring cleaning. In all, I trashed over 400MB of crap, but one file has refused to be deleted (it's a locked file left over from the old 3Com ISDN modem I had). When I try to empty the trash I get the following message:
"The operation cannot be completed because the item 'IQ320.BIN' is locked."
So, I look through the system help & find out that I either need to log in to OS X as the user who created the document ('root') or restart into OS 9 & unlock it from there.
Well, neither tactic has worked thus far. I restarted into OS 9 but found out that I can't access the file because it's in the trash (in OS X), which is an invisible directory (/Langly/.Trashes/102/). So then I restarted into OS X, logged in as root, but I still couldn't delete it. Desperate, I opened terminal, switched to root (su) found the files, but still can't delete the darned file. I tried rm, mv (thought if I moved it to somewhere that OS 9 could see it...), even chown, but each time I got "Operation not permitted." Any thoughts out there?
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
View 9 Replies View Relatedi 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 ?
I've got a file that looks like this
Code:
Z��␀�J�?.h��
When I tried to delete in Finder, it moves it Trash, but emptying the Trash leaves it in there. I tried rm -fr * in Terminal and got a "file too long" error.
I am working on a project where I am to supply simple little cartoons which are to duplicate the look of drawings on a whiteboard - nothing fancy - line drawings in black, blue, red or green. My client, however, wants the files in AVI or WMV so his video guy can edit them and add corny video transitions. Ultimately they are intended for an intranet educational website.
But they do NOT want SWF files. They insist on getting AVI or WMV files. I am working with Flash 8 Pro (CS2) on my PowerMac G4 using Mac OS 10.3.9. I also have a PC running XP, but it doesn't have Flash. I've tried a free SWF > AVI converter which only works on Windows, but when it actually works, it takes a 12 KB SWF file and generates a 218 MB AVI file! Is there some easier solution?
I am trying to make a document into a flash file, the instructions say: Go to Modify >> Document (Ctrl+J) and choose 300x200 pixels. For a start I can't find modify, and when I ctrl+J it does nothing.
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I have been just bought new pc & just transfer my backup files to my new apple pc & just need to konw. I just my transfer company's data from my pc to apple pc but I am not able to open any flesh player. I just want to use few links & because my site is web design company I have to see so many things reagrading flash & just want to work on with great resolution which I can only get it from apple.com.
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Mac OS X (10.3.x), i got the problem with 10.3.1
When I travel I would generally take a small travel drive that is clone of my white MacBook as a rescue drive.Now that I have the MBA I am wondering if I could just clone my 11.6 MBA to a 64 GB flash drive and then if the worst happened I could reverse clone from the flash drive to the MBA.
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I have a file in the drop box of my laptop running OSX 10.5.8 I have copied it to the appropriate folder (Music) but it will not permit me to delete it from the drop box folder.
When I try to send it to the trash, it says it is locked. When I go to Get Info, it shows it locked but that area is grayed out. Even when I open the padlock with the password, it stays gray.
This isn't a major problem, but I would like to get rid of this file because it's annoying when I can't get a computer do do what I tell it. Every time I see it, it reminds me that the computer has gotten the best of me.
