OS X Mavericks :: Removing TM Backup From Trash Bin
Dec 8, 2014
I use TM to backup data from my iMac, and once in a while, I manually delete the backup versions from the backup drive. (I know this is not recommended, but I have done it a couple of times recently). Even after emptying the trash, I notice that these backup folders continue to exist there, and give me messages like 'some unlocked items cannot be removed' and 'operation cant be completed because the item Applications is in use'. While these folders are not occupying any space (20-40 MB), they continue to remain in the trash. Is there a way to remove them permanently?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), 21 in, 8GB RAM, i5Core Intel,
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Sep 1, 2014
Time machine back up files will not delete from my iMac trash as i do not have permissions i have owned the computer from new
The files are on my external hardrive. A virus was detected by bit defender in my back up files on an external hard rive that may of came from my old windows computer.
I moved the time machine back ups to the trash but now can not delete them. Ihave tried holding the option key whilst selecting the empty trash but this did not work. It states i do not have permissions for files
Time machine back up files will not delete from my trash
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Sep 8, 2014
when i turn on my mac trash has recovered files in there, however trash was empty of last shut down.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
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Dec 5, 2014
I would wish to remove this command
defaults write com.apple.finder NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Sep 6, 2014
I'm trying to remove some apps from launchpad. I can't find them in the applications folder or anywhere with finder. Tried dragging them to Trash but they just 'fly' back to the Launchpad.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Jun 5, 2014
the are some names in my favorites in mail that I would like to get rid of how do I do it.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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Dec 6, 2014
removing a corrupt iPhoto Library.
The file suggests it is 500Gig in size, and no matter what i try i can't delete it
What i have tried
Deleting it through the trash can - system just hangs
Deleting using OmniDiskSweeper, using this app it suggests the file size is 11Gig, but when you ask it to trash it again just hangs
Running disk verify and repair to see if that would resolve the problem
Repair the file by holding down Command and Option while opening in iPhoto - it brought up an error message and would not let me proceed
I have even tried deleting using Terminal with no success, however in saying that i am a beginner using this launguage
At the moment my Mac thinks its occupying 50% of my hard drive space, i know it not that size, but i am at my wits end
Note i am running the latest software, and i no longer require this file
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iMac, iOS 8.1.1
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Jun 24, 2014
I am trying to find a way to keep attachments whenever I reply to a message. I am trying to reply to messages, and keep the attachment in the chain, but for some reason they all get removed (yes, yes, total first world problem, I know...).
I am using Mail version 7.2. I have gone under Mail Preferences, as I saw an earlier post reference a setting in Composition, but that does not appear to be an option in 7.2. I could not find any other options in any of the other preference tabs.
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Jun 25, 2014
I've set up an Automator to batch rename files. The renaming works fine. The problem arises when it renames a file which doesn't contain it's extension (a common MacOS practice). Is there some way to make sure it preserves the filetype? For instance, this works fine:
Original:
Output:
And this results in an error:
Original:
Output (file type has been replaced with generic "document" type)
Automator logic, can be viewed here.
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Aug 19, 2014
I have recently installed Trend Micro Smart surfing with serial number starting with TCEF. I am currently running my mac book pro on OSX Maverics Version 10.9.4. As soon as I installed the software, I got the error message that the software is not compatible with this version of OS. I went to applications and selected Trend Micro Smart surfing and moved it to trash and also emptied the trash. After this my laptop is rebooting frequently. I even went to safe mode and then into
system preferences ---> users and groups---> Login items and found nothing related to Trend Micro smart surfing. I have also tried to reinstall max osx and still having reboot issue. I have a lot of data and I am afraid I will loose this.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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as an extension to my question regarding RAM utilization, I've decided to upgrade my RAM. I went through the process of removing the underside of my MBP. After taking the screws out and mentally marking which slot they came out of (some are of different size), I pulled the lid up at the black trim area (the "neck" of the display mount) as this was the easiest way to get a non-damaging grip on the metal underside -- read: I avoided using a screw driver on the lid. As I started to lift, I was surprised at the amount of force I needed to use in order to remove the lid; something near the center of the cover was still holding the lid to the underside of the body. In fact, the amount of force I needed to use made me pause to question if I missed an important step other than simply removing the screws. I decided to "go for it" and applied more pressure while pulling the lid up and away from the body and heard a "pop" noise.
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Mar 14, 2012
How do I delete a Tome Machine backup file from Trash? I tried holding down the "Alt/Option" key, but that does not work.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), Lion OS
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Apr 13, 2012
I made the mistake of deleting an unwanted set of Time Machine backups using the finder. Now I get an error message when I attempt to empty the trash. I have tried operating in safe mode and using option+empty, but neither works.
I understand there is a command that one can issue in Terminal to erase those trash files, but I wasn't able to find it.
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Aug 30, 2014
Using an imac & external hard drive. When I delete files from the external hard drive, they are "permanently deleted" and not sent to trash. I'd like them to go to trash in case I make a mistake.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Dec 12, 2014
I do not want to get rid of all the Trash, just part of it. How do you do that? When I attempt it, it appears that ALL the trash will be emptied. Does this mean I have to move what I want to save to another location and then MT the trash, and then move the files BACK into Trash??
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009)
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Sep 5, 2014
Is there a way to undelete a file in the trash and have it go back to where it was?
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
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Aug 28, 2014
when I try to securely empty the trash it tells me some items are locked and asks to continue with all? If I indicate yes, it stops and says I don't have permissions for all files. the files that remain are mainly old apps and .mp3 from iTunes.How do I fix these permissions to get them deleted?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
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Jun 22, 2014
How do I remove locked items from trash? I want to delete unneeded (duplicate) backup files that were on an external disk. I have not succeeded using empty trash or secure empty trash. I am the administrator. Mac OS X (10.9.3) Mavericks.
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Sep 4, 2014
Am having several glitches with mail. I move emails from either inbox or sent to the trash and they return back where I moved them from. Trash does not always empty and I have to restart the computer to get the trash to empty.
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Jun 17, 2014
I'm running MacOS 10.9.3 on a late 2013 MacBook Pro.On a few instances I've spotted that the icon on the dock is not changing to show that there are contents waiting to be zapped. On clicking on the icon the finder window does show the files, but the state change doesn't happen.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 7.1
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Dec 3, 2014
In iMessage:
When I go to delete old texts by pressing on the text and selecting the "more" menu, the trash icon in lower left sometimes does not appear. I have to close out of iMessage and reopen before it returns. I have to do this every time after deleting several texts.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Jul 2, 2014
Since installing Mavericks I have found that lots of basic tasks have become a bit difficult.
One such frustrating example of this is whenever I go to empty my trash folder in Mail it crashes. If I select it through the menu (ie. <Mailbox> <Erase Deleted Items> <In All Accounts>) it works fine but I like to do a quick check before emptying the trash and that seems to cause my Mac to implode into a processing black-hole of burning lava (it gets hot until I <Force Quit>).
15" MacBook Pro | 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 | 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 | 10.9.3
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Aug 31, 2014
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I do have ext. backup using Time Machine... is that my solution? i just set that up about a week ago, but I'm such a computer dummie... I've never used it before....
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Mac mini
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Sep 11, 2014
I don't know which folder to use clearing out old messages, spam, junk and other detrious I might want to recover in the future and which folder for highly sensitive or personal in formation I want to keep confidential.
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kMail, Mac OS 9.0.x
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Sep 12, 2014
I've been a Mac user for a few years now but I was reluctant to update to Mavericks because whenever I hadn't done a clean install my macbook would become very slow and unstable, so I was using Lion until I bought a new Macbook.
Before, whenever I wanted to delete an app I'd open the Application folder on the Dock and drag it straight to the trash from there. In Mavericks, however, when I try to do that the app just stays there, and I have to open the application folder on Finder to be able to drag it (and it prompts me for my password). Is there a way I could go back to deleting them right from the App folder in the dock (and not having to type my password every time)?
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Jun 22, 2014
When I click on the finder icon and the trash icon in the dock, nothing happens. Even when I right click and press New Finder Window, nothing happens. If I want to upload a file, a window doesn't pop up for me to be able to access my files. When I edit a Pages document, it somehow says it is saved, but doesn't tell me where.
On my desktop I have some files and folders, the images and other files open but not folders. With the trash I am somehow able to right click it and empty the trash can. I have restarted my Macbook Pro 13inch running OS X Mavericks Version 10.9.3 several times and it still doesn't work. I even tried booting in safe mode but finder still doesn't work.
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Jun 30, 2014
I'm having a new problem with Mail in Mavericks that seems to have just started around a month ago. When I have emails in the trash in Mail and choose Erase Deleted Items to empty the trash it seems to fully delete them all within the Mail app. But as I just discovered yesterday by going to the gmail website (for the first time in awhile) they are apparently not being deleted from the server. The emails are properly being moved into trash within gmail but when emptying trash in Mail they do not empty within gmail.
As I said, this is a recent problem that never happened with Mavericks Mail for me before a month ago. I just updated to 10.9.4 today and its still happening.
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Jun 27, 2014
Working in Mavericks on an iMac 27. Secure Empty Trash starts but disappears and nothing is deleted. Is it safe to use Erase Free Space in Disk Utility?
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Aug 24, 2014
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Aug 28, 2014
Rather than empty the trash which now contains all the data on my external drive I ejected the external drive immediately. When I ejected the WD external hard drive the trash bin no longer displayed any trash inside of it, and when I re-connected the external drive the "trash" (contents of my external drive) appears again in the trash. Is there a way to break the connection which has formed between my data on the external drive, and my trash bin? I was simply trying to eject my external drive as I've done hundreds of times by dragging the icon to the trash/eject area. I don't want to risk losing the data. I restored my computer, and upgraded to Mavericks.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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