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deleting files

  1. Rogueblue

    iPad Recently deleted in Files app won’t permanently delete from iPad

    I’ve got a number of files from “On my iPad” deleted and currently in the “Recently deleted” section of the Files app. But I’ve tried numerous times and in numerous ways to permanently delete these ... but when I “select all”, press delete and confirm to delete, they Appear initially to be...
  2. alexmac712

    Can't delete old photos orginally from iPhoto

    This is a weird one. First off, running High Sierra 10.13.6. I couldn't just transition my old iPhotos to the new Photos, even with iPhoto upgrader. So, I had to manually drag all my photos from the iPhoto library (Package contents - originals) and also from my external drive where I had the...
  3. Ben777

    "Delete" deletes copied files in wrong folder

    I wonder if anyone experienced this... I had external Hard Drive plugged into my iMac. 1. I saved bunch of jpg files from my Desktop to my external Hard drive. 2. I moved those jpg files from Dektop into Trash. 3. I tried to empty Trash. When I was emptying Trash, I suspected something...
  4. U

    Doesn't give me storage space although I deleted tons of files and uploaded files to Dropbox.

    Hi, my 1.11 TB storage is pretty much full, and I got message "your disk is almost full." So I started deleting GBs of files or uploaded tons of files to Dropbox to make space storage. But it still shows I have 1GB or less free space in storage. Of course, I emptied trash can, deleted caches...
  5. Be_Sting

    Thunderbird Mail and Trojans

    I used Thunderbird Mail program and a bunch of detected trojans were found, all of which are inside my Thunderbird mail at: Library/Thunderbird/Profiles Thing is, Thunderbird doesn't allow Profile Files to be deleted, at least not in the normal and obvious way. Please let me know how to do...
  6. issueswithmymac

    Cannot Delete File

    Hi, I have been googling all night and can't find a way to delete or move some files. The varying types of files are in a time machine backup on an external drive that isn't used for time machine anymore so there's a bunch of other stuff on there too. When I attempt to move or delete a file I...