I'm not even sure how to ask this question properly, but let me try.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.

I found a directory in my trash can that is extremely slow to delete. When I try to go into the directory, finder shows spinning at the bottom and does not displays the files in it. I've waited well over 10 mins.

When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

When I try to empty the trash, it is EXTREMLY slow. The # of files deleted increases 1 per second (almost). I've waited well over 30 mins and it was still not finished.

How do I diagnose this problem and find a solution?

Update 1: Filesystem is APFS and the directory has more than 12,000,000 small json files.

I'm not even sure how to ask this question properly, but let me try.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.

I found a directory in my trash can that is extremely slow to delete. When I try to go into the directory, finder shows spinning at the bottom and does not displays the files in it. I've waited well over 10 mins.

When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

When I try to empty the trash, it is EXTREMLY slow. The # of files deleted increases 1 per second (almost). I've waited well over 30 mins and it was still not finished.

How do I diagnose this problem and find a solution?

Update 1: Filesystem is APFS and the directory has more than 12,000,000 small json files. Update 2: Finally counted the # of files and total size of the directory. The directory has 22,203,359 files and 27.59GB.

I'm not even sure how to ask this question properly, but let me try.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.

I found a directory in my trash can that is extremely slow to delete. When I try to go into the directory, finder shows spinning at the bottom and does not displays the files in it. I've waited well over 10 mins.

When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

When I try to empty the trash, it is EXTREMLY slow. The # of files deleted increases 1 per second (almost). I've waited well over 30 mins and it was still not finished.

How do I diagnose this problem and find a solution?

I'm not even sure how to ask this question properly, but let me try.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.

I found a directory in my trash can that is extremely slow to delete. When I try to go into the directory, finder shows spinning at the bottom and does not displays the files in it. I've waited well over 10 mins.

When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

When I try to empty the trash, it is EXTREMLY slow. The # of files deleted increases 1 per second (almost). I've waited well over 30 mins and it was still not finished.

How do I diagnose this problem and find a solution?

Update 1: Filesystem is APFS and the directory has more than 12,000,000 small json files.