Ejecting a partitioned external hard drive

photographybypanos wrote:

I have an external hdd which is partitioned for MAC and Windows.

I have many clients that are Windows users, and need to give them large amounts of photos.

When ejecting the hdd, the windows side ejects, and the mac side i receive notification that an app is using the hdd.

no apps are using this.

yes, log off, etc, but i don't want to have to do this every time i use the hdd.

I even bought a new hdd to see if it was the hdd... but nope, it is having the same issue.

Thanks

Hold the Option key when you go to eject from the Finder sidebar.

If you can't eject a disk from Mac - Apple Support

Calvin_BT wrote:

the macOS side is still running try to force eject by pulling the USB connection.

Bad advice, if you pull the cable out, that can lead to file system damage, the disk might not even be readable after doing that.

the macOS side is still running try to force eject by pulling the USB connection.

> partitioned for MAC and Windows

If all else fails, could you format separate disks for Mac (Mac OS Extended HDD or APFS SSD GUID) and Windows (exFAT GUID or maybe NTFS with Paragon or Tuxera)?