MacBook - unable to place in trash
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Carlinow
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Carlinow -
Carlinow -
Hello everyone,
Since this morning, I can't seem to put anything in the Trash on my MacBook... Dragging my files into it doesn't work. When I try to delete a file, it says it will be permanently deleted (without going through the Trash).
I must have done something without realizing it, or something... I don't know.
If someone can help me, I would be very grateful :)
Carlinow.
Since this morning, I can't seem to put anything in the Trash on my MacBook... Dragging my files into it doesn't work. When I try to delete a file, it says it will be permanently deleted (without going through the Trash).
I must have done something without realizing it, or something... I don't know.
If someone can help me, I would be very grateful :)
Carlinow.
3 réponses
Hello,
This happens when the permissions associated with the Trash have changed.
Open a Terminal window (Applications / Utilities / Terminal) and copy/paste the following command:
Here’s what it returns for me:
What’s important in the response to this command is that the Trash belongs to you, which is my case because my short account name (imac1250) appears in the response.
If you don’t have that, then you need to type a command like this to regain ownership of the Trash:
To find yourShortName, it’s the string of characters before the % when you open a Terminal:
Ritchi
This happens when the permissions associated with the Trash have changed.
Open a Terminal window (Applications / Utilities / Terminal) and copy/paste the following command:
ls -lad ~/.Trash
Here’s what it returns for me:
[iMac-Papa:~] imac1250% ls -lad ~/.Trash drwx------ 339 imac1250 staff 11526 Mar 18 19:16 /Users/imac1250/.Trash
What’s important in the response to this command is that the Trash belongs to you, which is my case because my short account name (imac1250) appears in the response.
If you don’t have that, then you need to type a command like this to regain ownership of the Trash:
sudo chown yourShortName:admin ~/.Trash
To find yourShortName, it’s the string of characters before the % when you open a Terminal:
[iMac-Papa:~] imac1250%
Ritchi
Here is what I get as a response in the Terminal:
new-host:~ macbook456$ ls -lad ~/.Trash
drwx------ 3 root staff 102 Mar 18 02:38 /Users/macbook456/.Trash
new-host:~ macbook456$
My account name is indeed there, but not in the same way... Also no % ...