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    Restore Trash mailbox

    I accidentally deleted the Trash Mailbox from my iCloud email. The mailbox has been deleted on all my devices. I'm able to create a new mail folder and name it trash, but that doesn't have the same behaviour or icon as the normal Trash mailbox. Is there anyway to restore the default mailboxes...
  2. Gravydog316

    Unarchived Items

    Can I delete all these folders?? Desktop.gz & Unarchived items? should I report this in Feedback? What's the deal with all these folders in my Home Folder??
  3. KasperPSR

    Deleting folders from Desktop permanently erases them

    Lately I've encountered a weird issue: Deleting a folder or a zipped file from my desktop permanently erases it. I'm prompted with an "are you sure you want to delete" dialogue. When I press delete, the file doesn't go to trash – it's completely removed. Other things of note: – When I delete...
  4. Doc69

    Space not recovered after emptying trash

    I just bough a new 4TB external NVMe SSD to use with my 4TB MacBook Pro. I had 1.7TB of available space on it and transferred 1.6TB of data from the internal one. Now I only had 100GB left on the external. I then decided to undo what I did and deleted the new 1.6TB of data from the external But...
  5. arkieboy72472

    MP 6,1 Can someone help me find info on my MDM issue?

    So, I bought a 2013 MP from Ebay. It turns out it has a MDM on it from a company that may no longer exist. While I am trying to find or contact the company, I have setup a hosts file to block it from reactivation. In the mean, that file also means that every update is manual. I have the device...
  6. Thor774

    Impossible to delete a rebel file, have tried everything and macOS doesn't let me

    EDIT 2023-01-24-02:46: Trash is now empty but please read ahead. I decided to let the thread as originally posted because the problem still remains and the errors are the same when trying to delete this rebel file. Some weeks ago I downloaded macOS Mojave from the App Store to install on a...
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    Monterrey Bug that sends Photos to Trash

    Hello everyone, I recently updated my iMacM1 to Monterrey and im finding that every time y start up the Mac I find in the trash a file that comes from the photos app. I have not found any solution online, I believe im not the only person having this issue. Can anyone help me? Thanks, take care!
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    With a music library on external hard drive: where do songs go when deleted?

    My music library (3TB) lives on a brand new G Drive external hard drive. When I delete a song in Music, I get this popup. I never receive a popup asking if I want to keep the file on my computer. In fact, the strangest thing happens: The song disappears from my external drive but is not visible...
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    Viewing files in Trash on External Hard Drive

    Trying to view files in the trash on an external hard drive. I keep my Music Library on a new external HDD formatted with APFS. Some times, when I delete a track from Music, I get the option to "Move item to Trash" or "Keep File." Other times, I delete the track, it gets removed from Music but...
  10. iiurii

    theBin – the next generation of trash bin for macOS

    About three years ago we've confronted multiple errors in system Trash, which we had to solve manually. At this very moment, we've realized that there should be a better way to deal with this problem. In a couple of weeks an idea was born, to make theBin - a smart trash bin, that could do it for...
    • iiurii
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    • bin duplicate empty error problem thebin trash
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    Unable to move items to trash

    Hi I have 10.4.5 on my Mac Mini 2018. I have discovered that if I move a file to the trash I get this dialogue box saying: Are you sure you want to delete "name of file"? This item will be deleted immediately. You can't undo this action. With that dialogue there is a "Cancel" and a "Delete"...
  12. S

    Delete on iTunes not working with External Drive

    I have my iTunes Media folder on an external drive, formatted in APFS. When I delete a song I have ripped from a CD, the only prompt I get is whether I want to delete from iCloud Music Library and nothing else. Nothing goes in my Trash. The song effectively disappears or enters some kind of...
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    Stuck emptying Time Machine backups from Trash

    I have Time Machine backups going to a 3TB hard drive. I also have stored many other files there. Recently the 3TB drive filled up. To create space for more of those "other" files, I decided to delete some of the oldest backups. I moved them to the Trash, then tried to Empty the Trash. That...
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    help recovering disk space. system taking up 200GB

    past few days my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running mojave 10.14.3 has been slow and overheating. i then realized a new os version came out and maybe i needed to update. i tried to update and my mac has run out of storage (4 GB free disk space remaining) and my system was taking...
    • shulzach
    • Thread
    • backup delete disk space documentrevisions-v100 system storage time machine trash update
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
  15. ajmichmac

    Finder search results cannot be deleted

    This issue has got to be something that I am overlooking, as it is such a basic task... Upon searching for files with Finder, the list of found items cannot be deleted. Discovered this when attempting to search all drives for .BAK files. Finder locates many .BAK files, but when they are...
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    How do I uninstall an app + it's accessory files?

    Hello MacRumors Community. Just uninstalled a music app called Reason 10. The file to start the app was inside the app's folder in which other stuff like Factory sounds were. I dragged the entire app folder to the trash and clicked on Empty Trash. Then I searched my computer and found...
    • Samurai Shampoo
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    • accessory app delete empty files folder program software trash uninstall
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  17. R

    Cannot Empty Trash

    Hello, I cannot completely empty my trash. I was solving a network issue last month and had to delete these network files: AirPortBrcmNIC-MFG.kext SystemConfiguration [folder] containing: com.apple.Boot.plist My network is fine now, but these files are still in my trash. When I try to delete...
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    Safari Technology Preview uninstall leftovers

    Hi there, I uninstalled Safari Technology Preview with AppCleaner and everything was moved to the trash. When voiding the trash, a folder named "com.apple 19-04-46-245.SafariTechnologyPreview" seems to be locked ("in use") and it is impossible to delete it. I installed STP again and...
  19. Sciuriware

    Can not send file to trash

    Hello, on a single iMac running 10.14.2, one user can send a file to Trash b.m.o. Applescript. The other user can only do this by Finder. However the Trashing is invoked from a JAVA program, so putting 'osascript' to work is mandatory. Obviously the first user has the privilege to control Finder...
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    Deleting huge files, but not freeing up space!?

    I moved to High Sierra a few months ago, and I was noticing some weird behaviour with what my storage space was showing. I have a 1tb SSD in my MacBook Pro. I only have a few hundred GB of my own files. I just deleted about 200gb of files from my desktop, and there is no change in free space...
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