Trash locked files

[Bernie_J]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

I downloaded a .doc and .xls from a university web site. After reading them I tried to Trash them but they wouldn't go because they are Locked! I now can't even get them off the desktop. I was able to move them to the Trash but the icons stay on the desktop.

Please help!

Bernie J

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Bernie,

Haven't had to do this for years, but unless I'm regurgitating a pre-OSX
memory I think all you need to do is click once on the file in the Finder,
key Command-i to Get Info, and remove the tick in the box that reads
"Locked".

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

Further to Clive's response you can also select the file then key
Command+delete, confirm Continue to Trash it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Clive Huggan]

Er, thanks for that one, Bob -- I should wake up a bit more before posting
in the early hours...

CH
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[CyberTaz]

If any of us were perfect there'd be no need for the rest, would there? ;-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Clive Huggan]

Bob, I think I'll apply that to other fields of my endeavours, too!

Clive
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