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    Emptying the trash with hidden files/apps

    If I have a trash with regular files mixed with hidden ones and empty it, does it delete these hidden files/apps as well? Or do I have to first unhide them and then delete them? Thanks in advance for any clarification on this.
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    How to recover data from an empty recycle bin?

    Two months ago I transferred 25 gb of videos from my Xiaomii redmi note 8 pro Android smartphone to my macbook pro 13 2015(ssd). And two weeks ago I accidentally emptied the trash with these videos. Please help me! There were all the videos from my phone for the last year ( (
    • lewstefanevskij
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    • empty trash how to recover data from empty bin mac recover data recover deleted fie
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  3. fbx1989

    Trash won't empty fully, throws errors

    To all ships at sea-- Help? Above is what I get when emptying the trash. The general trash IS EMPTIED, however then I get the three error msgs onscreen, one at a time, shown in the image. If I look in the trash I see the topmost picture of the mbpro1118 folder which, if opened via the arrow at...
    • fbx1989
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    • empty trash library voicetrigger
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  4. oooopossum

    File refuses to be deleted no matter what

    Hi there. I was hoping I could resolve this issue with a quick google search but that was lead me down a whole rabbit hole thats led to nothing but frustration. Recently, I emptied my trashcan and it said it could not delete one file because it was still in use. I then closed all applications on...
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