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My Trash Freezes when I try to delete large folders
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Pitpam
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May 17, 2011, 02:32 PM
 
Hi,

Folder location is on Windows Server 2003
Empty folders no problem,large are the ones give trouble.
Mac OS X
It freezes my trash and I cannot cancel the job.
Will have to reboot every time.

Help...
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olePigeon
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May 17, 2011, 02:50 PM
 
I tried Googling this and it appears to be a common problem. I have no idea if there's a fix for it.

Try holding down option and Apple key while you try to delete it.

Otherwise you could try navigating to the file via Terminal and use the rm command to delete it.
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Pitpam  (op)
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May 17, 2011, 03:55 PM
 
I have the same situation as this person:

"Have a Mac on 10.6.6 which is connected to a share on a Windows Server 2003. Majority of the time the file access is fine, but every now and then when deleting files, the progress bar will freeze, not do anything and lock the folder. The only way out of it is to reboot the mac.

Does anyone have any ideas please?"

Thanks for any ideas and support on this issue ...
     
   
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