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Deleting a corrupted file in MAC OS

Spastafarian · 2007-02-01 13:21:42

Hey, does anyone know how to delete a corrupted file in Mac OS?

01-02-2007 02:21PM

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Spastafarian

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Hey, does anyone know how to delete a corrupted file in Mac OS?

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#2 01-02-2007 04:26PM

K.O.Kiki

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Will it not delete normally?
What error are you getting when you try to delete?

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#3 01-02-2007 04:28PM

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Open up the "Terminal" application and type "rm -i " (note the space at the end). Drag the file you want to delete into the terminal window from Finder. Press return, and when it says "remove <filename>?" type 'y' and press return again.

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#4 01-02-2007 07:01PM

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Try holding down the Option key while you select Empty Trash.

There's also a bit of freeware called Force Delete that might do the trick. (I've never used it myself but it has some decent writeups on versiontracker.)

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