As
a Mac user you must have faced the issue of not able to empty trash
completely and Mac OS X may hang up while trying to delete files from
trash. You may face an error-8003 which tells that 'the
operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occured'.
Sometimes this issue can be solved by just restarting Mac but
manytimes you need to do some troubleshooting to get rid of this
error.
The reason behind the occurance of
this error may be due to the files that may have been locked and not
allowing the trash to get empty completely. You just need to follow
some techniques and steps to resolve this issue. There are many ways
to fix this error that are stated below.
1)
Empty the trash forcibly:
1) First
double click the trash and that will open up it in Finder to view the
content of trash.
2) Then while holding 'option key'
click on 'empty trash', that can be found in Finder menu bar.
3) If even
by this, trash does not get empty try the 'secure empty trash'.
2)
Empty the trash from the
terminal:
- Go to applications and then utilities and click on the terminal icon
- Then type 'sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash' in the terminal window.
These are the basic steps to solve
the Trash 8003 error which can work effectively sometimes but even if
after applying these steps the same error is still occuring then the
sure-shot method to resolve this error is by using a third party tool
like Stellar Wipe Mac. This tool is very effective in wiping the data
even locked files.
3) Empty
trash using Stellar Wipe Mac:
Stellar wipe Mac is a very effective tool in
wiping the data permanently and that too beyond the scope of data
recovery. This tool will completely empty the trash and will get rid
of the error 8003. This software have many other features like
completely wiping system traces, internet browsing, recent file
histories, etc. This tool can also be used to permanently wipe data
from hard drive easily.
So, one of the above steps will surely going to
solve your issue and will empty the trash completely.