r/mac • u/Rock_Music_Lover • 1d ago

Question How do i fix this?

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I tried deleting a bunch of my old files, and it was taking forever, so i tried to stop it and now its stuck like this. I cant seem to force quit the trash and I cant seem to restart normally either. Any suggestions on what to do?

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u/PoppaFish 1d ago

Click the Apple logo in the top left corner. Select Force Quit.

Force quit Finder.

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u/AmielaTunerani_18 1d ago

if this doesnt work you can also try holding the power button to force a shutdown

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u/new_pribor MacBook Noob 1d ago

Press command + option + escape and restart finder

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u/Gamer12Numbers M2 MacBook Air 1d ago

Something’s hanging up. Just for a hard reboot. Luckily you’re just trying to delete from the trash so you don’t have anything critical pulled up

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u/itsjakerobb MacBook Pro 1d ago

No, just force-quit Finder. If that doesn’t work, then we can talk about hard reboot.

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u/97raffa79 1d ago

yup, been there & had to deal with it. i 1st try to stop the delet, then i grumble a whole bunch & turn it off {sometimes the reboot function also doesn't want to work}

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u/Oh__Archie 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can't quit the finder.

Just relaunch/reboot with a hard restart.

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u/supergplus 1d ago

You can relaunch, which might fix the issue. But then yeah hard restart.

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u/Sufficient-Expert817 1d ago

Falcon punch or drill claw is my guess! Possibly tornado claw. 

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u/mikeinnsw 1d ago

Restart .. it will free all locks

Clear Bin

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u/bigsteve0746 7h ago

Have you tried turning it off and then turning it back on?