It is here to give the same functionality for background tasks, and can be invoked either with Activity Monitor or by the following kill options in the Terminal:. If you attempt to kill or quit a process and it refuses to do so, then it is likely that you have been sending it a Terminate or Interrupt signal, for which the system allows processes to override under some circumstances. To do this in the Terminal, run the following version of the kill command:. When the program that has the lock on the file has been quit, you should now be able to open the file in the program of your choice.
Keep in mind that sometimes an odd problem or two may prevent even these approaches from fixing the issue, in which case you can always restart your computer as a last resort. The only time I have this problem is after enclosing screen shots in an email, and then later trying to delete the screenshot. When I try to empty trash, I get the error that the file screenshot is in use and cannot be deleted. Try to deselect the box next to "Locked. In this case, try one of the following:.
Use Secure Empty Trash The simplest workaround and the first one you should try is to drag the problematic file to the Trash, then while in the Finder select "Secure Empty Trash" from the "File" menu. Change lock flag via Terminal You can also manually unlock files via the Terminal with the following command:. After which you can attempt deletion from the Trash, or use the Terminal delete command listed below. Use Force Delete Finally, there is a freeware application dubbed Force Delete that can sometimes delete persistently locked and otherwise stubborn files.
The aforementioned workarounds can also be useful in a situation where Mac OS X says that the file marked for deletion "cannot be found," or generates a numbered error. Late-breakers macfixit.
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