Help me ! Please!

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senne

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Look, i have a folder of old apps i had on my HD. They are "SystemApps" (like i call them) that are on your computer when you buy it (like Utilities, text edit, systemprefs,....). But when 10.1.2 dramaticly crashed (my fault) and i had to reinstall it, i had them double (twice) so i wanted to throw away the OLD apps away, but then the computer says: "Could not complete this operation because this item is owned by Root." . The files are ±500MB together, i need my HDspace, so how do i delete those damn files!!! :mad:



s en n e (sorry for my language, it's late in the evening and i'm a little bit drunk. Veröld ny óg ó∂! )
 
Okay, you need to use the terminal or download BatChmod from VersionTracker (do a search there for it).

If you want to use the terminal, then do the following (this presumes that all the apps are in the same folder (for example SystemApps) and that no software/files are in that folder which you need.), and also that you know the directory path (for example ~/Desktop will be your User Desktop directory, but for the sake of argument, lets say your user name is Senne and the folder SystemApps is on your User Desktop). In the terminal type:

cd ~/Desktop

[NOTE: the '~' symbol denotes your user directory (usually called Home)] Then type:

ls

[you should see the SystemApps folder? (providing it's on your desktop)] If you see it, then type:

sudo rm -r SystemApps

[The sudo command issues root access for one command at a time, in your case rm -r (which means remove directory), it will ask for the root password, and voila!, your folder directory is no more [NOTE: Be very careful with the sudo command, get it right!]]

If your folder is somewhere like the Applications folder on the system hard drive, then you would type:

cd /Applications/

[Anything with '/' at the beginning will start from the top-level directory.;)
 
Just log in as root. You can enable the root user in the System Preferences panel, I think under Network. But I'm not sure, because I'm running a shitty Windows 2000 PC at school at the moment, so I can't check.

But yeah, enable it, and log in as root (you will need to have log-in set to either Username and Password, or user list, with the Other User option.)
 
Originally posted by testuser
Instead of figuring out the paths by yourself, there is a very easy way to delete your folder using the Terminal app.

1) Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities)

2) In the Terminal window type:
sudo rm -R

make sure to type a space following the R.

3) Find your duplicate folder in the Finder. Now click on this folder and drag it onto your Terminal window. The full path should now appear after your command; something like this:
sudo rm -R /Applications/Utilities/myFolderOfStuff/

4) Press <return>. Your folder will now be deleted.

Be careful. Anything deleted with this method will be irretrievably lost. There is nothing to prevent you from accidentally wiping your whole drive with this method (i.e. if you select the root "/" directory).

ps. Hypernate is incorrect about the method to enable root. The easiest way involves using NetInfo Manager. This is discussed in the How-To forum.
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I did it your way and i typed this:


Welcome to Darwin!
[localhost:~] pandoram% sudo rm -R /WEG/
WEG is the name of the folder i want to delete. But then there comes this :


We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these two things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.

Password:


Which password do i have to type? Is it the one of the Root, or the password of my user?





senne.
 
The root password is the one you used when you first installed your OSX system (when you get the User Details screen first time you startup).

;)
 
Boot to OS 9 and delete them :D (it should work) oh and if you are the "Administrator" of the computer just use your password (or if you have enabled root use that password)
 
Originally posted by testuser
It is your own user password that is required to execute the "sudo" command. You will need to be an administrative user in order to be able to give a sudo command. Upon installation of OS X, your first user is by default an administrative user.

This means that any administrative user on your Mac can use the sudo command. They do not need to know the root user's password to do this. They only need to provide their own password. Non-administrative users cannot successfully use "sudo". You can check a user's administrative status in the Users panel.

Incidentally, the root user's password is set to the same password as this first user. However, it is disabled in NetInfo to prevent anyone from logging in as root.
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Aaah, ok! Good, i am an administrator so that's going to work, i'm going to try it right now.


*** JIPPIE!!! It worked, thank you all!


senne.
 
Originally posted by testuser

ps. Hypernate is incorrect about the method to enable root. The easiest way involves using NetInfo Manager. This is discussed in the How-To forum.
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Yeah. As I said, I am not on my Mac atm ;)
 
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