![]() ![]() I have two external drives with Time Machine (TM) backups. I have researched for possible interactions (google drive sync, time machine) to no avail.Įmpyting the Trash where I dumped an entire unwanted Time Machine backup - keep getting messages I cant because "the item is in use" Sorry for yet another Q. If you can suggest a better and permanent fix let me know. Unfortunately even with immutable bit sets, the file gets deleted once you empty the trash again, so it's not a very good solution. If you don't like to see it full, create a. Temporary Solution until this annoying MacOs Mojave bug is fixed: keep always an item into your trash. Trash file and dragging a new item in the Trash, temporarily resolve the issue, I can see the correct directory gets created again, but then after 5 to 7 days the problem randomly resurfacesģ) Recreating the trash directory while rebooting without system integrity doesn't help either. Trash which is not a directory.Ģ) Deleting this flat. Trash folder (permission 755) in my home directory with an empty file called. Upon documenting myself and digging into the system, it seems like:ġ) MacOs Mojave keeps replacing the. This happened since the upgrade to Mojave, and reinstalling completely from scratch Mojave with no restore of Time Machine did no fix this issue. The file cannot be moved to Trash folder and be put back when I regret the deletion. The system seem to delete the file immediately and permanently. ![]() If I select Delete, the file will be gone, and cannot be found on Trash folder. You can’t undo this action." it comes with Cancel and Delete buttons. ![]() ![]() (Just to check, I tried moving another file into the Trash, and "lsof ~/.Trash" did find that one.)įiles are deleted immediately and can't be found on Trash folder - after Mojave update When I delete a file, a warning window shows up "This item will be deleted immediately. I have tried running “lsof ~/.Trash” and it lists nothing (except “.” and “.”) in the directory. I have no applications running, and none are hidden. That is, Time Machine is not running, and has no backup disk selected. The folders are what’s left of Time Machine backups, but Time Machine is no longer configured. I have read and write permission on every folder and subfolder. None of the folders have any contents except subfolders. I have tried dragging the items to the Desktop so I could Command-Option-delete them from there, but dragging them performs a copy rather than a move, so I’m still left with the original in Trash. I have tried restarting, and it makes no difference. When I select a folder and press Command-Option-delete, either the folder disappears then immediately reappears, or I get the message “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” (where “foo” is the name of some subfolder of the one I selected).Ĭontrol-click and “Delete Immediately…” produces the same result. When I try to empty Trash, I get “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” There are only two files in Trash: “Backups.backupd” and “LittleMac” (both with many subfolders). I can’t empty the Trash on a Mac running High Sierra, despite having tried all the usual methods. ![]()
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