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Lock-UnMatic

Lock-UnMatic Sometimes, files on the Mac cannot be deleted, moved or renamed. This can be caused by insufficient access rights, or because some processes are still using these files.

Unfortunately, the Mac OS X Finder doesn't tell the user which processes exactly are causing the lock. Also, these processes are often running hidden in the background - so they can't even be quit using the Dock.

Here, Lock-UnMatic comes into play. Simply drag and drop the affected files onto the application-icon (or into the application-window), and Lock-UnMatic shows you a nice overview of all blocking processes. It's also possible to kill these processes from within the application.

Lock-UnMatic is freeware and provided under the LGPL. The latest binary version can be downloaded in the Downloads-section, as well as the sourcecode. The application is multilingual (English and German).

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Comments (48)

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Posted by Dave Poirier

14. Dezember 2010 - 23:04 Uhr

Thanks for the app; works great!

Posted by David

28. Januar 2011 - 23:52 Uhr

Good stuff! Lock-unmatic works like a charm!

Posted by Peter V.

10. Februar 2011 - 23:29 Uhr

I like your utility, however I was wondering if you'll ever add functionality to check for network files that are in use or locked. I'm having a problem with Time Machine not being able to open the sparsebundle output file, because it's in use by another process. I haven't been able to figure out what that process is. I was hoping that Lock-UnMatic would do it, but it only seems to check files on the local hard disk.

Posted by HAK

29. März 2011 - 19:24 Uhr

Great software, make my work very easier and faster.

Posted by Aaron Sparkman

8. August 2011 - 19:19 Uhr

This program has worked great for me. I have been able to successfully fix and clean up my drives with the use of this effecient program!

Thanks so much!

Posted by Iesuske

19. September 2011 - 13:37 Uhr

Great program! Thanks.

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