Suddenly in Monterey 12.6.5, I am unable to delete items from the desktop. I get "Moving (the file) to Trash." And it is unable to do so after hours. Has anyone a remedy or know what this is due to?
iMac 27″, macOS 12.6
First, I tried a restart. No change. I restarted again, no change. I shut down. And now, it is working again. All I know is that from the minute I put on the recent security update 12.6.4, I have had numerous issues I never had before and they are very various. They were also not corrected in 12.6.5 which came out a day or two later and I assumed they would.
I don't know what would cause that to happen. See if it happens while in Safe Mode.
A jpeg downloaded onto the desktop and a screenshot that I took. When I click on either, there is no error message but the small window appears that shows a line moving left to right and it says Moving Screen Shot 2023 to Trash. It never completes the action and the need for that window being open rather than just dropping it in the trash is also part of the problem.
Bobtale wrote:
Lets hope the Apple engineers are reading our comments.
I thought you said your issue was fixed…
"And now, it is working again"
If you are having other issues, you should create a new post.
There are several issues I've had since that update which were not fixed by 12.6.5. This one seems to be working ok now, but there are still issues in mail with some pictures no longer showing, but showing in IOS on the phone. I do think it's mostly that my iMac is ready to be retired--it's late winter 2015 and cannot be updated to the current OS.
Any error message? What type of file?
I'm running 12.6.5 and have issue dragging or right clicking on any desktop file and sending it to the trash.
Lets hope the Apple engineers are reading our comments.
I miss typed. I DO NOT have any issues dragging to trash or right clicking delete items on my desktop.
FWIW, among others I have a Late 2015 5K iMac running Monterey 12.6.5 and I have no problem with images loading in Mail so I don't think the problem is the age of your iMac. Which is why I suggested you create new posts for new problems.
Unable to delete items on my desktop in Monterey 12.6.5
