Ejecting Flash Drives

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Ejecting Flash Drives

I am new to Mac and Apple. I recently purchased a MacBook Pro. I currently have a 2GB flash drive plugged in the side, and not a #$@^% clue how to eject it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2008 9:11 PM

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Answer 1

Jim Wick

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Apr 28, 2008 9:20 PM in response to Engcocap

Drag the icon for the flash drive to the trash and then pull out the drive

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Allan Jones

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Apr 28, 2008 10:59 PM in response to Engcocap

You can also control-click on the drive icon and select "eject" from the resulting contextual menu--easier than dragging with a trackpad.

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Courcoul

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Apr 29, 2008 1:03 AM in response to Allan Jones

Do wait until the drive's icon has disappeared from the desktop and the list of devices on Finder windows before unplugging it. Thankfully and unlike Windows, MacOS won't bombard you with silly popup messages like "you can now unplug the thing safely from the USB port...", but you do have to let it do its work.

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