This also includes content in folders in the archive mailbox and its Recoverable items folder. Keep that situation in mind if you’re encountering the error message in when trying to trash something from Finder, as it may be resolved by stopping the active file transfer taking place too. Option: No just delete content that’s older than This option indicates delete content in user’s mailbox (users’ mail folders and Recoverable Items folder) which is older than configured x days/months/years, wherever it is located. In some cases, the inability to trash a file like this is probably a Finder bug, though since it is easy to trigger the message with partially transferred files, it could also be a protective mechanism against prematurely removing files that are partially transferred either through local file sharing or downloading from the internet. If so, that’s also easy to resolve by forcing the Trash to empty whether contents are locked or not. Note that if the file in question is locked, you may encounter yet another error now that’s in the Trash can when you go to actually delete the file. This is fairly basic troubleshooting, but it does work, and has apparently worked to resolve the error for quite some time judging by user responses on Apple forums Then, once the Finder has opened again, you should now be able to remove the file as intended by sending it to the Trash either with a Command+Delete or by dragging and dropping it into the OS X Dock Trash icon. Whichever approach you go with, be sure to let the Finder completely load again. If you’re a command line user, you can also choose the killall command in the Terminal app. Option and Right+Clicking the Finder icon in the Dock gives the same option: Hit Command+Shift+Escape to bring up the Force Quit menu, select Finder and choose “Relaunch”.There are several ways to accomplish that, the easiest perhaps being the familiar Force Quit shortcut:
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