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i can't seem to copy or do anything with my external drive all of a sudden. the ownership & permissions are read only and the pulldown is grey uner properties. owner is unlocked but i just don't know how to set my permissions?

I have 1.5 terrabytes of hard drive space and each drive is partitioned into 5 separate partitions. everytime i restart the computer i have to organize my drives on the desktop. is there anyway for the drives to stay in the spot i last left them after a shutdown?

I'm using Tiger, OSX 10.4.4 and Illustrator 10....my permissions are set to read and write and i'm not sure how to rebuild the desktop...

When i type cd ~/.Trash then sudo rm -rf i get this error now... "my name" is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

I seem to get it while using Adobe Illustrator and it pops up when i try saving a file or try copying it... "Acrobat PDF File Format is having difficulties. There was a Macintosh System error (-37)" Anyone have any ideas how i can rectify the problem?

I have tried all the suggestions on the site you have listed and nothing seems to work still...When i type cd~/.Trash....sudo rm -rf this message comes up: "We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:" Then...

Thanks for the info. I tried doing a search on empting the trash and have also tried the Terminal. No matter what i try with the Terminal, i keep getting errors such as: too many arguments no such file or directory found command not found Any idea what i am doing wrong? I'm assuming the...

Hello, i'm using OS X 10.4.3 and am logged in under my own username. For some reason every time i try to empty my trash the action locks up and i have to reboot my system. Is there anyway i can force my trash to trash the items? I've tried holding down option while doing so but it still...

Thanks guys i'll give it a shot and see if my system snaps back to its old self. R

Hello, i'm running 10.3.7 on a G5 and my system takes a really long time to boot these days. It just started happening recently. If anyone has any suggestions as to what i can do to fix the problem please do let me know. Thanks, Rob

Thanks but i managed to delete almost everything in my trash with the Terminal window. I'm wondering if this is a band aid solution however? I wanted to verify and possibly repair my main HD but when i go to the disk utility, even after high lighting the drive the buttons to repair or verify are...

p.s. the reason why my computer is completely full is because i can't delete my trash!

Hey andychrist, i tried your link for iEmpty but it doesn't look like the page is active any longer. Is there anywhere else i can find the program? Thanks for your help, Rob

Thanks Bobw, i'll give it a shot!

I've partitioned my drive into two drives. My main drive that is completely full is the one i need to fix and when i highlight it in Disk First Aid i don't get any options. I don't have a tab to verify disk permissions, i do have it at the computer at work but i am running 10.3.7 at work. I...

Hey guys, so i've finally gotten around to trying some of your suggestions. I've tried putting my files in a folder, setting the privileges and deleting....it didn't work. Tried Option+deleting trash and that didn't work either. I went to the Terminal application and typed: "sudo rm -r...

I've had this problem before and it seems its crept up again. I've tried holding option before and it still didn't work. I have a ton of files to delete and don't want to unlock each and everyone. Hopefully there is an easier solution. Dlloyd...what is the "Terminal application"? Thanks, Rob

I get an error message when i try to delete my trash that states that i do not have enough privileges to do so. Does anyone know whats going on and how i can fix this problem? I'm running Os 10 1.5, Thanks, Rob