Unable to delete apps from my macbook pro retina 13 early 2015
I have tried the 3 methods suggested in the apple support article
- launchpad, get them to jiggle and then x out, no x es show on any of my apps
- then went to finder, clicked on app and then go to File and Move to trash, Move to trash is greyed out
- Tried clicking and dragging to trash bin, it moves, shows in trash, I then delete trash but the app is still in Finder and my storage does not free up
I also read an article to unlock the apps which I did and they still will not delete. Most of these are the ones that Apple has loaded. Chess, books.app, Dictionary, font, etc.
I am trying to upload Monterey 12.7 and need 4 more GB's. I purchased an external drive (recommended by the genius at the apple store)and can move apps to it but if I can't delete them from the Mac hard drive I am not creating the space I need to do the update.
this is all being caused by my computer that is copying files for some reason that the geniuses can not figure out, see system data on image
Help I have spent 6 hours on this today!!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6