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    "Secure Trash Delete" never stops, freezes

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by littlemacylady, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. littlemacylady

    littlemacylady Notebook Enthusiast

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    using 10.5.1

    I put 10mb worth of junk in the trash and hit secure trash delete under Finder.

    It just hanged for 30 mins, kept saying it was still deleting 6 items

    not until I restarted the MB did the trash empty.

    whats going on?
     
    littlemacylady, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    My guess is that one of the files you were trying to delete was still being used. Usually when this happens a window will pop up notifying you, but sometimes it freezes(especially if it's a system file).

    What were the file types you were deleting?
     
    system_159, Nov 21, 2007
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