If you can't edit a file in any application, including the Terminal, then it may have a lock flag associated with it. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

When a shared file gets locked for editing, real-time collaboration gets affected as users cannot open or comment on the file. One known reason for this error is dual ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be "locked" ...

IObit Unlocker unlocks files and folders that Windows won't let you delete because they're "locked" or "open in another program." Free, fast, and lightweight, IObit Unlocker unlocks files and folders ...

Unable to delete, move, or perform any action on a file because it is locked by a process? Find out which process is locking a file in Windows 11/10 using various methods discussed in this article.

We've all been there: We're using code to automate something and send to a specific file, or attempting to relocate a file from one folder to another. We find the file and think it's available to open ...

I am very sure that many a times when you try to open, delete or move a file or a folder, you get an error message saying it is already in use. Even after trying to ...