Deleting files issue

[ugarit]

I use Lightroom Classic CC latest iteration and Mac Mini late 2012 (macOS High Sierra). For some reason just recently, and unclear to me, when I delete files from within Lightroom they are not moved to Trash bin but rather immediately and fully deleted. Has anyone encountered similar issue?

[cmgap]

Did you recently update to Mojave 10.14.4? A little bit of research mentions making changes via the terminal to stop the thrash from being deleted immediately. Firstly you may want to  check that Show warning before emptying the Trash is on.

[TheDigitalDog]

I'm on the latest OS, I can delete (without warning) and the documents end up in the trash as expected. The check boxes above are about warnings, but I don't believe they have anything to do with automatically deleting. That said, I only have the 2nd warning checkbox on.

[cmgap]

If you turn onb Show warning before deleting Trash turned on will images still be emptied from the trash without warning?

[ugarit]

Yes, I suspect it is more of a Lightroom issue

[cmgap]

Are the images in Dropbox or other cloud app? I can't replicate the same behavior on my macbook  pro. When you Remove photo from Lr  are you getting the dialog box that gives you the choice to remove from the catalog or delete from disk as usual?

[ugarit]

The images are on an external hard drive. I don't get the dialog box giving the choice to remove from the catalog only or delete from the disk, which under normal operation should appear.

[cmgap]

Okay - that's helpful to know. Have you tried to  reset your Lr preferences? Hold down opt-shift when restarting Lr to reset.

Also are there any Lr  updates pending?

[ugarit]

True, I updated Lightroom hoping the issue will vanish, but it persists. Will look into resetting Lr preferences.

[TheDigitalDog · Accepted solution]

See:

Solved: How Can I Stop Trash Deleting Files Immediately on Mac - EaseUS

[ugarit]

Worked like a charm. Thank you very much!

[ugarit]

Thank you. "Show warning emptying the trash" is indeed checked, even as Lightroom deletes without warning. The behavior started only today, and I've experienced it in the past.

[Just Shoot Me]

From what drive are you deleting the files from and how is that drive formatted?

[ugarit]

The main hard drive