Re: Amputating a Folder on External SSD

2021-12-28 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Note the quick clarification below On 28/12/21 15:41, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I would suggest checking the drive for file system corruption using Disk Utility, and repairing any errors that it finds. To be clear, you should access the drive directly on your Mac via a USB conne

Re: Amputating a Folder on External SSD

2021-12-28 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 28/12/21 00:33, Dave Carlson wrote: When I try to delete any of the folders in this tree using Command+Delete or Command+Option+Delete, it tries very hard to do the deleting, but I ultimately fail to get the job done, and get the following message: The operation can’t be completed because

Amputating a Folder on External SSD

2021-12-27 Thread Dave Carlson
I have a 2 Tb drive connected to my Apple Airport Extreme that is used for Time Machine backups on my two Mac OS and my wife’s Mac. It also serves as a repository for iTunes, Music archives, and Photo Archives. It is getting too full, and there is a folder called “Backups.backupdb” that was cre