I manually deleted back-ups from Time Machine and now I can't empty the trash
I manually deleted back-ups from Time Machine and now I can't empty the trash.
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Using Finder (deleting Time Machine backups) to manage Time Machine files is a mistake. The remedy is somewhat easy, but you will lose all the files on that TM drive.
If there is nothing elese on the Time Machine drive, try reformatting the drive with Disk Utility. This will effectively remove the files from that drive from the trash. If you have files on this drive, temporarily copy the files to another drive, then reformat the TM drive.
