Unable to overwrite file in Google Drive folder
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:05 amHazel needs to replace/overwrite a file located in Google Drive and reports the below error. It has Full Disk Access on the Mac.
File needs to move and overwrite from ~/Downloads/XXXXX.csv to ~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.../_Action/XXXXX.csv, but the problem arises when the old file in that folder needs to be moved to trash.
Running Tahoe 26.2 and Hazel 6.1.1. Any ideas to get around it? I wouldn't care if the old file isn't moved to trash and just gets overwritten,
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2026-02-01 11:04:22 hazelworker File XXXXX.csv: Rule matched
Error moving file from
~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.../_Action/XXXXX.csv
to
~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.Trash/XXXXX-1.csv
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513
"File couldn’t be moved because you don’t have permission to access '.Trash'."
NSUnderlyingError=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"
Failed to recycle original file at source path.
Move failed: Could not throw away existing file at destination.
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File needs to move and overwrite from ~/Downloads/XXXXX.csv to ~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.../_Action/XXXXX.csv, but the problem arises when the old file in that folder needs to be moved to trash.
Running Tahoe 26.2 and Hazel 6.1.1. Any ideas to get around it? I wouldn't care if the old file isn't moved to trash and just gets overwritten,
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2026-02-01 11:04:22 hazelworker File XXXXX.csv: Rule matched
Error moving file from
~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.../_Action/XXXXX.csv
to
~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-USER/.Trash/XXXXX-1.csv
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513
"File couldn’t be moved because you don’t have permission to access '.Trash'."
NSUnderlyingError=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"
Failed to recycle original file at source path.
Move failed: Could not throw away existing file at destination.
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