Hi, To verify that you're an Admin, go into system Preferences, Users & Groups and interact with the Users, Groups & Login Options list. Your user will be listed there and should also announce whether it's just a "User" or an "Admin". Regarding emptying the Trash, The Backup item is still linked to Time Machine, so it will not allow you to totally get rid of it. To get around this, go into System Preferences, Time Machine and turn Time Machine off. Once it is off, you should be able to empty the Trash. If not, then you may still need to restart then empty. After it has been emptied, you can go back into System Prefs, Time Machine and turn it back on.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 16, 2016, at 08:01, Joshua Tubbs <ori...@icloud.com> wrote: I’m the administrator. I entered my password and got that. Unless the migration assistant made my account a user when I transferred everything over? How can I verify that I’m an admin? > On Jul 16, 2016, at 4:11 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Are you the administrator of the machine or just a user? > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs > Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 7:57 PM > To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having > permissions? > > Hi everyone, > So, this backups.upd or whatever is still in my trash. Going to empty the > trash normally causes an endless loop of “X” still in use, even after a > restart. > When I go to the “delete immediately” option in the trash, it says I don’t > have permissions. > Help? 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