When I go into finder, there are favorites which are applications, but one of them is a document that i accidentally placed there. I am trying to delete it but I cant.
View 3 RepliesAll of a sudden, I have a Word file (document, which I used several days ago) in the grey top area of the Finder window, right next to the Search window, How/why did it get there and how do I get rid of it ? Tried to drag into Trash, doesn't work.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
In the Finder window you can create Favorites - folders you want easy access to. Now I'm ready to delete a few of these "Favorites". The Finder doesn't seem to want me to. It seems to want to trash the actual folders that these finder favorite aliases are pointing to. How do I delete a Finder Favorite?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 20" Apple Cinema Screen, Safari 5., Mail, Address Book 5.
I place document icons in my finder sidebar, and sometime later they change to folder icons. Does not matter which application they come from, it seems to happen to them all, but they are still linked to the correct documents.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My iMac is suddenly running slow, especially Safari and the finder is asking for the administrator password to delete some random files. I just repaired permissions so it can't be that.The iPad is fine with download speeds of 15+ Mbps vs 2 Mbps for the iMac.
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DuaL 2 gig G5, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
I by mistake dragged some folders into the Favorites side bar and now I can´t delete them from there...
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm running Mac OS X Version 10.7.4 on my iMac and am suddenly unable to simply move files to the trash.Instead, I get the following message: 'Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.'When I do enter my password, the file does not enter the Trash but seems to disappear.I tried to find ways to revert to previous settings that allowed me to move files to the trash, but had trouble doing so.How can I get my iMac to run normally?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Suddenly Finder keeps asking me to input my password whenever I delete a file to the trash. Emptying the trash is fine, though.I thought maybe I had clicked an option in Onyx that caused this, but having looked several times, I can't see anything in Onyx that would cause this. I've tried repairing disk permissions using Disk Utility, with no effect.
Info:MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8 GB RAM
I do a lot of e mailing of documents to folks who just need to view the file, not edit it. I'm wondering if there's a way to open up Finder and convert the document to a PDF w/o ever actually opening the file.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen I opened my Finder folder today I saw: jdwp Transport.H listed (second file from the top) I have no idea what this is or where it came from so I tried to trash it. But, The plug in your Admin password to make changes pops-up. And after the Adobe flash-player virus headache I am cautious to plug-in my Admin password. Is this something I should be concerned about?
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Mac OS X (10.5.6)
Im not able to delete a TextEdit document from my MacBook, Everytime I move it to the trash and click 'empty' the file returns to the desktop, I've also tried to delete the words from the document then moving it to the trash but the document returns to the desktop. I really don't know what to do, worried this might be a virus.
Info:MacBook Air, iOS 5.0.1
I've been working hard on this document in Pages which had 3 tables in. I have been saving it as I have gone on and just now I have scrolled up to realise one of the tables is missing.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI want to unclutter my macbook and I have found that I have duplicated files in my All Document folder. I want to delete these files so it is not taking up unwanted space on my hard drive. I have saved what I wanted in folders that I created for that subject. Everything else I want to delete.  My question is if I delete this stuff will it cause my computer to mess up, I wont be deleting important files for programs to need to run with, will I.  I also found that I have two "All Document" folders and two "Download" folders can I delete one so I only have one of each.Â
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I want to delete some files from iCloud on mac but want to keep in iCloud. Is this possible ?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
how to delete finder history...??
Info:iPad, iOS 5.1
I have a Mac OS X version 10.5.7 i am working on Word 2008 for Mac, version 12.0.1 (080305).
My problem, i created one text box in a document, somehow 2 more appeared. I made the mistake of thinking that to delete the extra text boxes, i simply highlight them and delete them. Silly stupid me, nothing that simple exists and i have wasted an hour trying to figure it out. The help button does squat, barely gives you any info on a text box much less trying to delete it. Does anyone know how to delete a text box in a word document?
Wasn't this an option previous to 10.7.4? It doesn't work now.When clicking the Finder icon in the Dock, a new Finder window would open? I know about Finder prefs - General - Always open folders in new window but this isn't what I mean.I'd have a Finder window open then want to copy/move something so I clicked on the Finder icon in the dock to get a new window.Every time I clicked the Dock icon, I'd get a new Finder window.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have gotten tired of having to drag files to the trash, instead is there a way i can send it to the trash without having to drag it?
After searching a lot i found i could do it if i held cmd + backspace, but that requires two hands and means i have to take my right hand of the mouse, instead can't i just use the delete key instead of cmd+backspace?
I downloaded this application for my iPhone which installed itself into my applications folder. Soon after I downloaded it I decided I didn't really want it and tried to delete it, but it kept on saying "Unable to delete" cause it was in use or something. I did look at some threads giving advice on this subject and tried some other ways of deleting it but nothing happened and the file name is now "deleteme.rtf.app". Whenever I try Terminal it says there isn't a file on the desktop and I've made 100% sure all the letters are the right spaces apart etc, so now I'm stuck.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi downloaded a couple .psd files off a web site, a few photoshop templates. they went to my downloads folder, they work fine.
i want to delete them and when i try finder ask me to type in my password to be able to move them to the trash.
that doesn't seem right to me.
why is finder asking for my password?
Command -drag to trash worked in earlier OS X versions but in this case the item (a folder) just pops back into the list.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Lion 10.7.3 with all current updates.Â
If Finder has been running for a while, and I have a number of finder windows open, when I option-command-w, the Finder crashes and then restarts with all the windows that just closed.Â
I cannot delete files from Finder with "Command-Delete". I know that my Command and Delete keys work fine separately. Do I need to change anything in my preferences?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen you open the Finder window and to the bottom left hand side it shows:
Search For:
Yesterday
Today
Past Week
All Images
All Video
All documents
I was wondering if you delete all the files from these will that delete the file as a whole. Are these just shortcuts showing you what has been looked through etc.?
Is there a way to map backspace to act as a backward key in finder as it does in firefox?
View 11 Replies View RelatedIf I send a file (images, docs, etc.) through Mail.app, and then try to trash that file through Finder, I get an error message when I attempt to empty the trash: "The operation can't be completed because "filename" is in use." I can do a secure empty trash but want to be able to use the shortcut keys. Thanks for the help.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWould like to know if some one can help me out to delete the files history in finder. Not in the browser.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
is there a way to delete mail on your computer and have it automatically delete from your iPhone as well?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), iOS 5.1.1
all About 20mins ago a shortcut appeared in my Finder sidebar, for something called Untitled CD. Instead of having an eject button next to it, like an actual cd would have, this has a black and yellow wheel next to it. This is of particular annoyance to me, as i am now unable to burn any CD's. Instead a message pops up saying burn is currently in use by another program. I have tried everything to delete it, but it just wont go! Whats more interesting is that I have a macbook air, and the icon appears even when my external dvd drive isn't plugged in.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have tried go to Preferences-->Sidebar in Finder and deselect everything but the folder remains in my sidebar. I am unable to select/highlight the folder in Sidebar. I have tried to drag the folder into the trash or to my desktop, but nothing happened. I just remains in Sidebar. I have also tried to locate the folder anywhere on my computer/HD, but it's nowhere to be found.
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