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Cannot Delete Folder from Hard Drive
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Aug 28, 2003, 07:18 PM
 
Problem solved thanks to Vandelay (below). Could not delete this post, sorry. Looks like I'm having trouble deleting anything tonite.
(Last edited by bergy; Aug 28, 2003 at 08:33 PM. )
     
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Aug 28, 2003, 07:43 PM
 
Welcome to the permissions nightmare of Mac OS X.

open terminal ( Applications, Utilities, Terminal) type in

sudo rmdir <drag the folder in the terminal window>

click enter.. enter your pass...

either that or

sudo rm -rf <drag the folder in the terminal window>

click enter.. enter your pass...


hope this works
     
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Aug 28, 2003, 07:54 PM
 
Or for those that don't want to use the Terminal, do a Get Info on the folder. Change the permissions so that you are the owner of the folder and have read/write access. Now you can delete the folder.
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