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    Can't get my trash to empty...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by koryo, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. koryo

    koryo Notebook Consultant

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    I've done secure empty, and there is absolutely nothing in my trash. Yet, it still shows the paper in it like it's full. Any ideas?
     
    koryo, Dec 26, 2007
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  2. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Restart your Mac or try Relaunching Finder. To Relaunch Finder you can just hold Option and click the Finder icon in the Dock, then choose Relaunch. Or you can press Command + Option + ESC and then select Finder and click Relaunch.

    The Finder icon looks like this:

    [​IMG]
     
    Xander, Dec 26, 2007
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  3. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrestart.
     
    circa86, Dec 26, 2007
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  4. koryo

    koryo Notebook Consultant

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    Haha, thanks for the finder icon all nice and blown up for me. I'll restart eventually, I guess. When it comes time to defrag. :p
    I shoulda guessed that, anyway, I guess. I haven't restarted in 33 days.
     
    koryo, Dec 26, 2007
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  5. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    i think the most ive gone is like 27 (acording to istat). restarting/turning off is so over rated.
     
    stealthsniper96, Dec 26, 2007
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    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I restart a lot, because I play WoW on bootcamp. I think the max I ever went without restarting my macbook was 4 to 5 days.
     
    00fez, Dec 26, 2007
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    I restart a lot too, going from normal surfing, chatting, and work, to Gears of War, Far Cry, FFXI, and CoD4 on Vista ^^ But call me paranoid, I just can't bring myself to leave my MBP on all night or for multiple days at a time. I've have enough problems with this thing as it is, no need to keep the thing on more than I have to... even though 99% chance nothing will happen.... I'm not the exactly the luckiest guy when it came to this MBP and hardware issues... paranoid!
     
    Arquis, Dec 26, 2007
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  8. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Defrag? on OSX?
     
    cdnalsi, Dec 26, 2007
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