Hello all,
Is there a way to "simply" eject an external disk, like its possible in Mojave ?
in Big Sur, I have to shut all apps, then open disk utility,
and run SOS, then find the disk in Finder and clic the eject button.
These are a lot of things do to just eject an external drive !
What do you think ? thank you for telling me about your (good) experiences.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.5
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Can't you just do it from the eject button in finder? (icon on the right in the screenshot)
That only removes the icon from the desktop. It doesn't eject the drive.
Yes OK Tony ( thanks ) ! what do I do next ?
Thanks P. Philips
I didn't instal anything from WD.
thanks for your remark !
ps the drive never stop flashing until SOS from Disk Utility
Open Terminal the type " unmount" without quotation marks and the name of the drive. Pause as the drive disappars from the desktop and note how long before it stops flashing with activity
Thanks Ronasara ! This solved my question.
You said you dragged it to the trash, not clicked eject. What is it you are doing? What do you mean by SOS? First aid?
In any case, if there are write operations on going to the drive when you eject it, these will have to complete before the eject takes place to prevent data corruption. How long do you wait after clicking eject, before unplugging the drive? If you wait longer does the light stop flashing?
Big Sur ; how to eject WD elements external hard drives ?
