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Mac always warns "You can't undo this action" and skips the Trash when deleting a file

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Mar 15, 20267461 views
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I repaired the permissions on my iMac and am now getting this dialog box whenever I delete something. I checked Finder > Preferences and "Empty Trash Securely" and "Show Warning" are both unchecked. When I delete a file I get a confirmation box and once I confirm, the file is deleted completely, sk…

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Fix for: Mac always warns "You can't undo this action" and skips the Trash when deleting a file

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It is what will always happen on any drive that the Finder cannot create a .trash folder. This is the same with written CDs, read-only USBs, most network shares (if you write to the root folder, it'll make a trash folder). As it is happening on your…

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