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Hi, I previously installed Dropbox, but I wanted to get rid of it as it messed up my directory structure: my ~/Downloads folder is symbolic-linked to:
/Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads
Terminal output from "ls -la" is:
lrwx------+ 1 <my username> staff 68 5 jul 2020 Downloads -> /Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads
So I tried "rm -Rf Downloads", but then it gives an error "rm: Downloads: Operation not permitted". When trying "sudo rm -Rf Downloads", it gives an error "rm: Downloads: No such file or directory". This sounds strange to me, as the directory is listed in the "ls -la" command output. The same errors appear when using the "unlink" command.
My plan was to just remove the symbolic link and create a new Downloads folder. I tried the aforementioned commands in single user mode (terminal) as well, with the same results (error messages). Any idea how I can solve this problem? Has it to do with a reserved / special / protected folder?
/Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads
Terminal output from "ls -la" is:
lrwx------+ 1 <my username> staff 68 5 jul 2020 Downloads -> /Users<my username>/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook Air of <my name>)/Downloads
So I tried "rm -Rf Downloads", but then it gives an error "rm: Downloads: Operation not permitted". When trying "sudo rm -Rf Downloads", it gives an error "rm: Downloads: No such file or directory". This sounds strange to me, as the directory is listed in the "ls -la" command output. The same errors appear when using the "unlink" command.
My plan was to just remove the symbolic link and create a new Downloads folder. I tried the aforementioned commands in single user mode (terminal) as well, with the same results (error messages). Any idea how I can solve this problem? Has it to do with a reserved / special / protected folder?
