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I'm trying to move photos from the computer to an external hard drive but it's stuck. I cannot eject the ext hard drive and I cannot close Photos.

I'm trying to move photos from the computer to an external hard drive but it's stuck. I cannot eject the ext hard drive and I cannot close Photos.

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Nov 17, 2021 6:38 AM

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Posted on Nov 17, 2021 9:04 AM

Sounds like you need to force quit photos. (Apple symbol top left of the menu bar, and select force quit - then photos.)


Then check your external drive. If it is full, or not an apple format (APFS or MacOS Extended) then don't try to export directly to it.

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I'm trying to move photos from the computer to an external hard drive but it's stuck. I cannot eject the ext hard drive and I cannot close Photos.

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