what does error -8072 signify?

there is a folder in my trash which will not be emptied. Eventually an error message appeared. error-8072. Anyone help please?

High Sierra latest apfs mac mini late 2012 16 gb memory

Logic Pro X, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Feb 18, 2018 12:48 PM

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Feb 18, 2018 12:54 PM in response to gasurmor

Give this a try and see if it fixes things:


Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on solving Trash issues. You can also try using Trash It! 5.1 to fix the problem. Or you can try this:


Open the Terminal in the Utilities' folder and paste the following at the prompt:


sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash


Press RETURN. Enter your admin password when prompted. It will not echo to the screen. Press RETURN again.


(Should anyone tell you this is dangerous or unnecessary, please ignore the comment.)

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what does error -8072 signify?

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