The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -43.)

iMac 27 (2020) running Montery 12.5.1. I am trying to free up disk space on my HD by deleting old files and applications in the System Information Storage Manage string. After highlighting the selected file and clicking Delete, I hit the wall with this error message. Any solution would be appreciated.

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Posted on Aug 27, 2022 01:35 PM

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Mal-S

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Aug 27, 2022 01:44 PM in response to Santa Cruz Paul

See if this helps.

https://setapp.com/how-to/fix-error-43-on-mac#:~:text=Error%20code%2043%20stands%20for%20an%20error%20that,once%20can%20be%20enough%20to%20stall%20your%20workflow.

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