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What are 'Relocated Items' and how to delete them?
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I was able to delete it by dragging it to the Trash and then emptying the Trash. As far as I can tell the "Relocated Items" folder contains nothing but aliases of some of the system folders. But when opening them, they are empty.
These two files are the only ones in my relocated items folder. The "Default" folder was actually protected/locked by the system and I had to add my user to the permission list to open it. I'm not sure why these files are even here. Is it safe to delete? This is on the public release.
I also have these folders:
Security --> System --> Library --> CoreServices
Security --> System --> Library --> DirectoryServices --> DefaultLocalDB --> Default
But I can't access the "Default" folder because I don't have enough rights (even though I'm the admin).
I also have these folders:
Configuration --> private --> var --> db --> dslocal --> nodes --> Default
And again, I can't open the "Default" folder. What are these folders for? How did they get created?
Best wishes
Chris
Security --> System --> Library --> CoreServices
Security --> System --> Library --> DirectoryServices --> DefaultLocalDB --> Default
But I can't access the "Default" folder because I don't have enough rights (even though I'm the admin).
I also have these folders:
Configuration --> private --> var --> db --> dslocal --> nodes --> Default
And again, I can't open the "Default" folder. What are these folders for? How did they get created?
Best wishes
Chris
Via terminal you can use the chown command to give yourself access.
It might be an unused macOS user?
