Hello,
I have had a file on a particular drive that I have been trying to delete. I have tried everything. Nothing can nuke this file. I am curious if anyone has any suggestions here I can try an report back on.
Also, I am aware the file has a size of zero on the disk; however, space is not the issue. The issue is the file will not go away. I cant delete it. I don't want to wipe the drive as it is storing the rest of my backups.
Yama_B wrote:
Hello,
I have had a file on a particular drive that I have been trying to delete. I have tried everything. Nothing can nuke this file. I am curious if anyone has any suggestions here I can try an report back on.
Also, I am aware the file has a size of zero on the disk; however, space is not the issue. The issue is the file will not go away. I cant delete it. I don't want to wipe the drive as it is storing the rest of my backups.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/723c8de9-21f0-4afd-aa4c-ab66d59d4517
LOoks like you manually tried to mess with the Time Machine database— not advised.
TM manages itself:
You can try temporarily disabling SIP and see if you can delete. Then re-enabling SIP is most important.
ref: Disabling and Enabling System Integrity Protection
The Stubborn File - Seemingly Impossible Deletion
