Empty .trash

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kentallan

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Hi.

I have a Powerbook G4, os x 10.3.9. I bought the computer used. When I used omnidisksweeper I find a big .trash file from previous user. How do I empty it? I do have the password from previous user but... ???

There is no other account on the log in that I can log in as to access the trash. I only have the admin log in.

What is the difference between "user" and "account" by the way?

Thanks. Nic
 
Normally, you can empty your trash from Terminal, just open Applications/Utilities/Terminal and type the following:

cd ~/.trash (then press enter)
rm -rf * (then press enter)

In your case, you will need to replace "~/.trash" with the path of the trash file you want to delete. the pathname starts with a / and begins from inside your heard drive. So, the filepath of Terminal would be:

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/

Hint: to ensure proper pathname, navigate to the folder that contains the .trash file and drag it into your Terminal window, then at the end of the filepath that comes up in Terminal, just add ".trash/" to the end (without quotes)

Make sense?
 
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