On this prompt:
Is there a way to confirm with the keyboard?
I can't use tab, arrows, etc to select 'delete' and confirm. I can press esc to cancel, enter.. to cancel.
MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), 2017
Try going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and click "All controls" at the bottom.
Try going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and click "All controls" at the bottom.
I should have taken a different example; that bin folder in the pic was simply the result of some stuff I compiled; this behavior is with every folder where I can't confirm through keyboard and am forced to take the mouse.
Where is all this stuff located? High Sierra now locks almost everything outside of the Home folder's contents through the System Integrity Protection or SIP. But you should have access to your own files and folders inside your Home folder.
It's not a problem about permissions, I can erase the files.
The issue has nothing to do with being able to erase or not.
The issue is that I can't find a keyboard-only way to confirm the delete and it requires me to use the mouse to click on delete.
When you select a file / folder and then do cmd-delete, your hands are on the keyboard and it's very annoying to go back to the mouse to click delete.
For example, the same prompt on windows allows me to use the cursor keys, or tab, to select if I confirm deletion or cancel; so on Windows, I can do ctrl-delete, then right cursor (or tab) and enter and my file is deleted.
On the mac, I can do cmd-delete, then grab the mouse and click on delete; it seems like this prompt can be cancelled with the keyboard (with esc or enter), but cannot be confirmed with the keyboard.
Possibly because "bin" is a system folder and protected from being deleted.
Perfect! it works, thanks a lot!
You're welcome.
"Are you sure you want to delete" keyboard confirmation
