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Files dragged to trash, are immediately deleted

I saw a thread regarding this, but it did not work. Any file I drag to my trash immediately gets a warning that the file will be permanently deleted, and I will not be able to undo. The fix offered was to go into the terminal app and type in a couple of queries. Where it failed for me was when I typed in sudo rm -ri ~/.Trash

I was supposed to get back: remove files in directory/users/XXX/.trash? But instead I get: examine files in directory/users/XXX/.trash?

I then type yes and I get: Operation not permitted.

can anyone help?



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Posted on Mar 2, 2023 3:47 PM

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