I have an extra monitor connected to my mac with 2 files on the external monitor. I unplugged it to go to school to find the files have been moved to the main screen. However, the 2 folders cannot be clicked and deleted and they remain there. Any guidance is much appreciated
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.5
Have you tried:
1 - force relaunching the Finder, i.e. ➙ Force Quit menu?
2 - rebooting?
3 - boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and see if the folders are still there or not. Then reboot normally..
Note: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will assure a successful boot into Safe Mode.
Have you tried:
1 - force relaunching the Finder, i.e. ➙ Force Quit menu?
2 - rebooting?
3 - boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and see if the folders are still there or not. Then reboot normally..
Note: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will assure a successful boot into Safe Mode.
Thank you. I have done the first step and it is gone.
How to delete ghost folders on External Monitors connected to MacBook
