Trash can absolutely not drain...

I am running the most current version of El captain. On a retina Macbook pro 13 inch, if this is useful. I'm sorry if this is posted in the wrong place, this is my first time ever to need to ask a question.

I have 13 files, all that add up to more than 40 GB of space, I've tried to delete for months. These files are all in a program called Final Cut Pro, if that matters. They are also an external hard drive.

The files appear only in the trash when I'm on my main account, with connected externally. If I connect on any other account on my computer, they are absent. Of course, if the outside is not plugged, the files do not appear.

Everytime I try and empty the trash, I get the message - the operation cannot be performed because the 'Filenamehere' element is used. I get this message 13 times, one for each file.

I completely deleted Final Cut Pro from my computer. I tried the command "delete immediately." I tried the "Trash It" program. Also, the program "Onyx". I tried to use the commands from the Terminal, Sudo, rm, etc, after various tutorials on here and other sites online. Nothing works.

I'm pretty good with computers and I'm used to Mac, they have used for many years. I never met a problem this stubborn so far.

Can someone please shed some light on this? Is there a solution? Is this a known bug? What can I do to fix this? It became a big problem and only becomes more and more worse.

Hi Rodtheeditor, if your trash complains it is in use have you tried to enter the activity monitor and quit or force quit the process associated with him. If your outside is bootable, you tried to delete in the trash on this volume? Have you tried to rebuild the trash?

And no, this isn't a bug. Yours is the only Mac that suffer as far as I KNOW.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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