Article created October 9th 2009 at 21:06
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Change Secure Empty Trash on Snow Leopard

Symptoms:

  • Since upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard you have noticed that you can only empty the trash using the Secure option
  • Emptying the trash takes an excessive amount of time on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
  • When you open the Trash the button to empty reads Empty Secure.  There is no Empty button

 

Explanation:

Finder Preferences Pane

The OS X Finder preference “Empty Trash securely” is enabled.

 

Solution:

  1. Open OS X’s Finder by clicking the Finder icon in your dock
  2. Open Finder Preferences by clicking Finder menu, Preferences or by pressing CMD+, on your keyboard
  3. Click Advanced
  4. Clear the check mark for the option “Empty Trash securely”
  5. Close Preferences

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Tags: Mac OS X, Solutions
Created in Mac OS X, Solutions

2 Responses to “Change Secure Empty Trash on Snow Leopard”


  • Comment fromjenna
    Posted at: June 2, 2010 at 16:33

    Thank you SOOOOO very much!!
    Love you for this!!

  • Comment fromprunella
    Posted at: July 1, 2010 at 22:11

    After waiting almost an hour for items to securely be deleted, I ran across this. Thanks for the sanity saver!!!


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