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Q: I can't empty certain files from trash.

I had some old Time Machine back ups from an old computer on an external hard disk I no longer needed. I dragged them off the HD and to the trash. Now they refuse to delete and I get an alert box telling me I have an Error Code -50 and it also says some of the files are "In Use" and cannot be deleted. I have tried everything I can think of to delete them to no avail. I've used Trashit, and other third party apps, no luck. I tried using the Terminal, no luck. Does anyone have suggestions ow what else I can try? I have even erased the disk, and did a reinstall from Time Machine from the day before I trashed the file. They are still there! HELP!

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 10:03 AM

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