On OS X, the trashcan can't be emptied if the files are in use. For example, mounting a 4GB dmg image, moving it to the trash can and trying to empty it will result in an error message that it won't delete because it's in use. If you unmount it, then you can delete it.
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Originally posted by RealNC View PostOn OS X, the trashcan can't be emptied if the files are in use. For example, mounting a 4GB dmg image, moving it to the trash can and trying to empty it will result in an error message that it won't delete because it's in use. If you unmount it, then you can delete it.
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oh wow, the Apple-fonboi brigade is out in full force insulting everybody who is just telling the truth.
I congratulate you guys for reaching new lows with every posting.
If you can not delete files - with the right permissions, after shutting down everything and MACOS is not even telling you WHY, the system is broken.
If a simple office suit can completely lock up your system - and if you google for beachballed you will find many more examples - the system is broken.
Not drivers who run in kernel space, user space apps locking up the box. Which says a lot about the awesome architecture of MACOSX.
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Originally posted by energyman View Postoh wow, the Apple-fonboi brigade is out in full force insulting everybody who is just telling the truth.
I congratulate you guys for reaching new lows with every posting.
If you can not delete files - with the right permissions, after shutting down everything and MACOS is not even telling you WHY, the system is broken.
If a simple office suit can completely lock up your system - and if you google for beachballed you will find many more examples - the system is broken.
Not drivers who run in kernel space, user space apps locking up the box. Which says a lot about the awesome architecture of MACOSX.
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It is still absurd
Originally posted by devius View PostNah... there is freedom of speech here fortunately. Anyone can say what they want about the software they like/dislike.
PS:// Have a second thought on freedom of speech! It leans toward political or informative discourse. That's why there's no constitutional amendment in any country to forbid libraries from keeping their users in silence, even forcing them to be polite and quiet when discussing or trying to make their way around...
Thanks for replying.
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Originally posted by energyman View Postoh wow, the Apple-fonboi brigade is out in full force insulting everybody who is just telling the truth.
I congratulate you guys for reaching new lows with every posting.
If you can not delete files - with the right permissions, after shutting down everything and MACOS is not even telling you WHY, the system is broken.
1. Have you checked to see if "Empty Trash securely" is checked on the Advanced tab of the Finder preferences?
2. after that you should find the option to empty the trash, even for files that 'wont delete'. (no commandline invloved at all!)
it is like in Gnome/Nautilus how you can bypass keeping crap in the trash. very similar.
If a simple office suit can completely lock up your system - and if you google for beachballed you will find many more examples - the system is broken.
Not drivers who run in kernel space, user space apps locking up the box. Which says a lot about the awesome architecture of MACOSX.
this is another example of you trying to spread FUD. you want to sit here and pretend that Mac's have more problems that anyone else. but you are ill-informed and clearly don't know what you are talking about. it's plain as day.... but Computers are not perfect, regardless of OS.
2. Office - are you stuck on repeat??!?! what is broken here is you (or your brain), you keep repeating yourself like a broken record... do you really think by repeating the same moronic ramblings, over and over again it will make your false assertians true and correct in the eyes of others??? more and more my 'Creationist' trying to dispell 'evolution' analogy is really starting to fit. I hate to repeat myself over and over - BUT THIS HAPPENS IN WINDOWS TOO!!! WIN2k, WINXP, VISTA and WIN7. - i have seen this MANY MANY TIMES. i maintain MS networks EVERYDAY! and have for years - i am a Microsoft Certified IT Professional - what this means is I have genuine Certifications from Mircosoft (both school, repeated re-training/updating and years of experience - as i work in the field, and have for years - i see Windows screw up all the time, for the same kind of crap - you are trying to convince us this is a 'mac-only' flawed by design type-thing. but in fact - you are WRONG! period.
YOU DONT KNOW JACK-SHIT!
Windows can crash with a buggy application. - if you think this is a false statement clearly, you don't even know Windows very well. on any OS it is possible for a buggy application to crash the system. you have even brought up an example in previous posts - referring to adobe malware, in the malware's case it is designed to do that - that is a clear example of user-space apps locking up the box and similar situation can happen on ANY platform, linux, windows, MacOSX, etc.. in the case of a buggy application it is unintentially coded to do that, most commonly a crash like this is caused by execution of a single machine instruction, but there are many causes as well.
you may think otherwise - that's fine. you can live in denial of facts, all you like. if being ignorant of the truth is your favorite past-time / or way to approach life. that is your own loss. i feel sorry for you.Last edited by ninez; 09 July 2011, 05:33 PM.
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Originally posted by ninez View PostWindows can crash with a buggy application. - if you think this is a false statement clearly, you don't even know Windows very well.
That's progress!
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Originally posted by yogi_berra View PostIf you are talking about XP, sure, but in Vista and 7 when an application crashes, it doesn't take the entire machine with it and little if any data is lost (depending on the application you were using), unlike Linux where X is often taken down from half-baked cowboy code and you lose whatever you were working on.
That's progress!
yup, read how many hits... that's right
About 24,600,000 results
have a read through the first 10 pages, if you like ~ and tell me an application never crashes windows... then if you want after that you can google 'win7 system crash + data loss'.
microsoft has improved the situation, but not that much.
as for X, yah it can be dopey ~ but i haven't had my main desktop crash in well over a year, except for twice - but that was because of a bad merge in xserver that mainly affected 'Easystroke' users (which i am) ~ and was fixed in a day or two... and i use lots of applications that can potentially freeze/crash xserver (lots of RT-related applications and 3d software). i'm using Archlinux 64-bit, Nvidia 9800GT, AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black-Edition (quadcore) + 8gig DDR3 RAM. - works like a charm!Last edited by ninez; 14 July 2011, 08:11 PM.
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