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I dragged several folders from ext HD to trash instead of deleting. Now My trash is full of large folders. Takes hours to delete. Is there any easier way to get these folders out of trash ?
iMac 24″, macOS 15.0
To make sure what you posted is clear, are you saying that you dragged folders from an external HD, that are part of a Time Machine backup set to the Trash on your Mac? If that is correct, you effectively corrupted that backup set, and will need to start over again.
Going back to removing those folders from the Trash, then no, there really isn't an "easier" way. You basically have three choices:
Erase the backup disk. The backups it contains can no longer be considered reliable.
Thanks guys. I knew it was a mistake as soon as I did it. I am a long, long time Mac user!
I am trying to understand where exactly these trash items are sitting? They can't be on my Mac HD. Are they still on the external Time Machine disc?
I figure that they can't be on my Mac HD.
They reside on the external hard disk drive, and as you now aware it can take an age for the Finder to delete the potentially millions of tiny files that comprise a backup. Days, perhaps weeks, depending on what you dragged to the Trash, and that's if you don't allow the Mac to sleep or shut down.
And when it eventually finishes... the TM backup will still have been corrupted.
I made a terrible, stupid mistake! My Time machine came up full.
