From: Russell on
On May 16, 12:31 pm, shine <useraddshine-nos...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/16/2010 01:25 PM, Mike Rosenberg wrote:
>
> > What I want to know is, if the file is invisible, how does he know it's
> > there.
>
> Magic?

magic is technology that is not yet understood

this file appears to be an alias yet when i try to move it out of the
trash it wont let me, if i try to get info it flashes the info screen
quickly then closes it again is there somewhere i can post a
screenshot of this file?
From: Mike Rosenberg on
Russell <acaliforniahippie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > 10.5.8 there is a file in my trash that has remained after several
> > > > secure empty attempts. any tricks to make it go away?
> >
> > > Have you tried rebooting the computer?
> >
> > What I want to know is, if the file is invisible, how does he know it's
> > there.
>
> because i changed from icon view to list view in the trash window and
> it appeared

That's something you should have explained in the first place, because
the fact that it appears under one view but not another helps define the
nature of the problem.

Have you run Disk Utility?

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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on
Russell <acaliforniahippie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 10.5.8 there is a file in my trash that has remained after several
> secure empty attempts. any tricks to make it go away?

Try holding down the option key when emptying the trash.

If that doesn't work, try ejecting any secondary volumes you have
attached (external drives, disk images, etc) and see if the file
disappears. Let us know what happens.

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From: Wes Groleau on
On 05-16-2010 13:34, Russell wrote:
> because i changed from icon view to list view in the trash window and
> it appeared

Aha! When you said invisible, I and probably many others
thought of "hidden" files

What you are describing is probably a file with an icon that is
transparent or empty.

In list view, can you select it and do "get info"?
Go down to the permissions section, expand it, and see who owns it.
Same for the directory it is in.

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From: Phillip Jones on
Király wrote:
> Russell<acaliforniahippie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> 10.5.8 there is a file in my trash that has remained after several
>> secure empty attempts. any tricks to make it go away?
>
> Try holding down the option key when emptying the trash.
>
> If that doesn't work, try ejecting any secondary volumes you have
> attached (external drives, disk images, etc) and see if the file
> disappears. Let us know what happens.
>
another thing you can do that works in OSX and even OS 9.2.2 was if you
had a hidden file was to create an empty folder then place this in Trash
and empty.

also if you remember the name go to find file and choose show invisible
files. then try to rename the file and not use the "." then you should
be able to empty the file.

Also download and try (if you have OSX.5 or lower) download and install
AppleJack.
To run you must run it from Single User Mode (Command S held down as
restarting). then run through all the items. do them in sequence. and
do 3 and 4 twice. once for system and once for user.

After you quit and restart. the computer will take a long time to
restart even with period of Blue Screen while system caches are
rebuilt. Will make the system fly for a while until it gets bogged down
again.
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