I can't empty the Trash in my Macbook pro?

Question

I can't empty the Trash?
I can't empty the Trash Please help i have Macbook pro (MAC OS X version 10.5.7) i can't empty the Trash, i try (option with empty trash in finder) and the (secure empty trash) but its not working. if i move the files from the Trash to desktop it showing empty. the files is not locked. Please help..... Regards

Answer 1

It is difficult to understand what you have written, but I think I get it. Click on the Trash in your dock, and then in the top-right of the window it should say "Empty". Click that and you should be fine. If that doesn't work, all I can tell you is to restart your computer and see if the issue is resolved.



Best of luck,

Chris

Answer 2

The files may be either in use or are corrupted in some form, it the data is only small then i suggest you hide it somewhere deep within a file maze or something and forget it ever existed.



Yet if its large and you cant stand living with it, a fresh install of leopard will work.



Really doesnt matter anyway, Snow Leopard(10.6) comes out in around 2 months time, so you will be needing to do a clean install by then.

Answer 3

This may work on your macbook b/c it was tricky to secure empty trash on my desktop. But hold down the option key while selecting “secure empty trash”

Answer 4

Don't know if you tried Ctrl+click on Trash, select Empty.

Answer 5

you can try ****+Delete after moving the files to trash

Answer 6

Tried restarting? Im not sure if it would help though, maybe its a bug/virus. (yes Macs can get them)