In preparation for Mt. Lion, I thought I would Erase Free Space. But I am unable to do so.

After launching Disk Utilities and initiating the requisite action, I am always advised that the erase could not be done because: “Some information was unavailable during an internal lookup.”

This happens on all internal and external volumes.

I thought that maybe some third-party app/plugin was at play, so I attempted same while in in Safe Boot. Again, no joy.

Now I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?


Harv
27" i7 iMac (10.13.6), iPhone Xs Max (12.1)

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