Trash - certain files will not empty - help

[jonesthewine]

- mid-2009 13 inch MBPro, 10.7 - There are two files in my trash that will not empty - they are old Time Machine files - anything else that I delete will empty from the trash, but not these two files ( both are 0 bytes in size ) Can anyone help me find a way to get rid of the files, as it takes many minutes now to empty when any other files are deleted?

Thanks for any & all suggestions - Robert

 

[lokiju]

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8214/trash-it!

Running a permissions repair from disk utility would likely resolve the issue as well.

 

[MotionMan]

A reboot sometimes fixes those problems for me, too.

MotionMan

 

[Tyranicus]

I just open Terminal, type "sudo rm -rf ", (Do not type the quotes, but make sure to type the space at the end) drag the file from the Trash into the Terminal window, press Return, put in my password and press Return again. Works every time.

 

[xanis]

I just open Terminal, type "sudo rm -rf ", (Do not type the quotes, but make sure to type the space at the end) drag the file from the Trash into the Terminal window, press Return, put in my password and press Return again. Works every time.

You can skip the dragging and dropping by using this, FYI:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*