Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

SDAVE

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Jun 16, 2007
3,578
601
Nowhere
Does anyone have the same issue? When I empty trash the empty trash dialog box comes up and just gets stuck there.

I ran first aid on container and the drive itself,s same issue.
 

bogdanw

macrumors 603
Mar 10, 2009
6,040
2,955
If you don’t have anything you want to recover from Trash, you can give Full Disk Access to Terminal (in System Settings - Privacy & Security) and delete the Trash folder
Code:
sudo rm -r ~/.Trash
 

SDAVE

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Jun 16, 2007
3,578
601
Nowhere
If you don’t have anything you want to recover from Trash, you can give Full Disk Access to Terminal (in System Settings - Privacy & Security) and delete the Trash folder
Code:
sudo rm -r ~/.Trash

I just did that and now I get files that dont go to trashcan:

"This item will be deleted immediately. You can’t undo this action."
 

bogdanw

macrumors 603
Mar 10, 2009
6,040
2,955
It would be helpful to know more about the files in the Trash. Are there many, large or from an external drive?
Sometimes just restarting Finder can solve such an issue. Option + right click on the Finder icon in the Dock, Relaunch; or “Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch” https://support.apple.com/102586
 

SDAVE

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Jun 16, 2007
3,578
601
Nowhere
It would be helpful to know more about the files in the Trash. Are there many, large or from an external drive?
Sometimes just restarting Finder can solve such an issue. Option + right click on the Finder icon in the Dock, Relaunch; or “Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch” https://support.apple.com/102586

They're just regular files, not external
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.