JimMoriarty
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Q: Can't Eject Disk Because OS X Apps are Using It (Safari, Mail, Calendar, etc.)?

Hey Apple Support Communities,

 

I've been told this question has been asked somewhere here before, but I couldn't find it. I have many times been unable to eject an extenal hard drive because OS X tells me that an app that should have no business using the app (such as Safari, Mail, Calendar, etc.) is using it. I've tried closing windows and such, but I can only solve it if I quit out of the app. Has anyone else experienced this, or better yet: does anyone know how to make it stop? This has happened on two of my MacBook Pros (original unibody and retina, both 15") running versions of OS X from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. I'm at a loss, and kinda fed up with the stupid glitch/setting that causes this...

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 11, 2013 1:27 PM

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Q: Can't Eject Disk Because OS X Apps are Using It (Safari, Mail, Calendar, etc.)?

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  • by Alfi,

    Alfi Alfi Oct 8, 2015 6:22 AM in response to Topher Kessler
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    Oct 8, 2015 6:22 AM in response to Topher Kessler

    I have the same issue:

     

     

    When trying to eject my disk it says, that Safari is using my disk and therefore can't be ejected

    The disk-name is "Backup_MacMini_HD"

     

    I went into "Activity Monitor" and found this under the process "Safari"

    /Volumes/Backup_MacMini_HD/_CCC SafetyNet/2015-09-29 (September 29) 20-33-02/Users/MYUSERNAME/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

     

    so its got something to do with CCC , i am using.

     

    May be this helps someone to find a specific solution

     

    So I hope that  i helped to get help for others and me

     

    thnx

  • by ECPKifissia,

    ECPKifissia ECPKifissia May 13, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Alfi
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    May 13, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Alfi

    Similarly to your cases, I found out through the terminal that keychain items were being used.

    I also had this happen on a back-up disk containing the old keychains. So my best guess is that, by importing the old keychains and copying the data to the new ones, I established a link. This link was then used every time an application opened keychain (Safari and Mail are notably among those).

     

    My solution was to erase the old keychain items altogether, but to do that I had to quit the applications mentioned Safari, Mail etc and force eject the disk.

    Then I reconnected the disk and deleted the keychain items and didn't get the same message again.

     

    Since I found previous posts useful, I hope that helps someone else.

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