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Empty Trash Item in Use

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I recently upgraded my 2012 MacMini to Catalina. It was a bit of a nightmare as the internal drive wasn’t formatted to APFS. I imaged the drive and did a Time Machine backup then booted from the imaged drive, formatted the internal to APFS. Ran the Catalina installer file from the imaged drive and installed it on the internal drive. I then transferred all the data from the TM backup. It all seemed to work fine and I’m up and running. The only issue is that It moved/copied a couple extra versions of user folders. I went in and cleaned/deleted them from the Users & Groups Sys Pref. When I go to empty the trash, it says the following for apparently 5 items that won’t delete. >The operation can’t be completed because the item “Data” is in use. >The operation can’t be completed because the item “com.apple.mail” is in use. >The operation can’t be completed because the item “Containers” is in use. >The operation can’t be completed because the item “Library” is in use. >The operation can’t be completed because the item “acct name” is in use. (account name redacted) 😊 I have tried rebooting the computer several times and tried the force empty all to no avail. Any help would be appreciated!!
Asked by azjohnnyo (61 rep)
Jan 4, 2020, 12:57 AM
Last activity: Mar 18, 2025, 03:58 PM