As I type this message in Mail I want to interrupt and empty trash. Simple you say - click on an open Finder area and make it active long enough to drop trash using shift, command, backspace - EXCEPT that no longer works. Mail remains active and trash is beyond control unless I control click the dock symbol. Sure I could quit Mail and make Finder active, but why is that necessary? Spaces could be the culprit but that is turned off. This is so simple I feel more stupid than usual. Ken Philbrick