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Issue with my 2 year old MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015). MacOS Sierra. 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7. 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3. 1TB HD.
This morning I placed several items, all small Microsoft excel and word files, into the Trash.
Anyway, when I went to empty the Trash it "hung up". Had to force reboot the machine.
Opened the Trash after the reboot and found the several files I had previously placed there and one additional file called "Backups.backupdb" with a Date Created of Jan 24, 1984!
The modification date shows early this morning when I was on the computer but in NO WAY did I move or copy anything like that. The folder size is not shown.
I know that's the name of the folder when I do a Time Machine backup, but I haven't backed up in at least a month. Time Machine backups are kept on an external hard drive.
So when I try to empty the Trash it either hangs up or I get an error code -8072.
What's going on and how do I get ride of the folder in question?
Art
This morning I placed several items, all small Microsoft excel and word files, into the Trash.
Anyway, when I went to empty the Trash it "hung up". Had to force reboot the machine.
Opened the Trash after the reboot and found the several files I had previously placed there and one additional file called "Backups.backupdb" with a Date Created of Jan 24, 1984!
The modification date shows early this morning when I was on the computer but in NO WAY did I move or copy anything like that. The folder size is not shown.
I know that's the name of the folder when I do a Time Machine backup, but I haven't backed up in at least a month. Time Machine backups are kept on an external hard drive.
So when I try to empty the Trash it either hangs up or I get an error code -8072.
What's going on and how do I get ride of the folder in question?
Art