

I have tried restarting, and it makes no difference. When I select a folder and press Command-Option-delete, either the folder disappears then immediately reappears, or I get the message “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” (where “foo” is the name of some subfolder of the one I selected).Ĭontrol-click and “Delete Immediately…” produces the same result. When I try to empty Trash, I get “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” There are only two files in Trash: “Backups.backupd” and “LittleMac” (both with many subfolders).

Can't empty Trash because an item is in use I can’t empty the Trash on a Mac running High Sierra, despite having tried all the usual methods.
