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Can't delete trash...
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I'm trying to delete the application FrostWire. Whenever I do, I'm told
"The operation can’t be completed because the item “xyz” is in use
where "xyz" is various parts of the package contents, almost all Java things I think.
The things it says are in use don't show up in Activity Monitor, All Processes, and I've restarted to make sure. Holding down option for force delete doesn't work either.
I haven't tried emptying the trash from the Terminal as I'm always sure I'll wipe the whole system! And frankly, I shouldn't have to resort to the Terminal to delete an app. Any ideas?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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If it says a component is in use it probably is. But it's really unusual for that kind of issue to persist after a restart. Have you tried deleting it after booting in Safe Mode (holding Shift at startup)?
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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If you're comfortable with Terminal, you can use the command "lsof" to list open files and which process is using them.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Just restarting would probably be sufficient; anything that's in the trash is unlikely to get auto-loaded, so after restart it should delete just fine.
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Clinically Insane
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He mentioned already trying a restart, though.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Did it install a startup item?
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