Disk Not Ejected Properly "Macintosh HD - Data"

Since my MacBook Pro M1 was upgraded to Monterey, when I wake up the system I get the following warning:


Disk Not Ejected Properly

Eject "Macintosh HD - Data" before disconnecting or turning it off.


Clearly I am not disconnecting or turning off the data partition on the internal SSD drive. It sounds like some sort of race condition in the OS during shutdown or startup. Everything works fine so I would mark this as an annoyance bug.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 9, 2021 9:42 AM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2021 3:41 PM

That volume should not be mounted such that you would see that message for the normal data volume. It is not mounted using that name.

Open disk utility and look at the volumes in the list. Do you have more than one Macintosh HD – Data?

If so, when you select one, you should see the home folder icon next to the name in the info pane. The one without the Home folder is an orphan left over from your previous installation. You can remove the orphan by selecting it and click on the remove volume button (-)

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