You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Deleting Seagate backups from iMac trash

I have an iMac running High Sierra 10.13.6 and uses 967GB/1T and a Seagate Back Up Plus running 940GB/1T. I want to clean house on both, then upgrade to Monterrey. I am unable to delete directly from the Seagate disk, the only option is move to trash. Once in trash, and when attempting to empty trash, I get the message, “ the operation can’t be completed because the item “Library” is still in use” . If I “skip” this then I get the same message with “System” and “ibexce “etc. If I try get the folders out of the trash by moving back to the desktop, they do not remove from trash (as a document would). How do I resolve this issue?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 8:49 AM

Reply

Similar questions

8 replies

Deleting Seagate backups from iMac trash

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.