OS X won't move files to Trash

I am trying to delete some things and put them in my trash. It says "Moving items to trash", but the dialog is now open since 24 hours.

When I try to empty my trash it won't let me due to the fact my "files are still moving". How do I delete the files and empty my trash bin?

3 Answers

Relaunch your Finder and try again.

Run killall Finder in Terminal.

Close the moving items to trash then open terminal and enter the below command:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

Note: this will ask for your password as it requires elevated privileges

This will force delete your trash items then try deleting the files again. please get back to me if the files still won't move to trash after this

My SOLUTION: Use a different microSD-to-USB adapter. Really.

"Bad one": LG MicroSD Adapter, the size of a regular SD card. With this adapter, all files are read only.

Good one: Photo Capture the spot. It is a bulky adapter for micro SD/TF cards. With this adapter, all files are read/write.

I switch the card from one adapter to the other without any change and files are read only or read/write.