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    Missing .Trashes on External Drive

    Does anyone know how to fix the issue of files on an external drive being deleted immediately instead of being moved to trash? Every time I try to delete a file, I get a pop up saying the file will be deleted immediately if I proceed. The move to trash was working fine a few days before. Now...
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    Why do I have a root level .Trash folder?

    I just noticed that there is a hidden .Trash folder at the root level of my hard drive which contains a few files from 2014. Why does this folder exist and how did the files get there? I understand that the normal .Trash folder is in the user's home directory.
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