MacBook Pro M1 "Disk Not Ejected Properly"

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MacBook Pro M1 "Disk Not Ejected Properly"

new M1 Mac mini, with external monitor, Ventura OS 13.0 ... always get this alert upon waking back up from "sleep:" Disk Not Ejected Properly. It does not show for an SSD drive I have attached, but it does for a Seagate hard drive. This question explored Aug 2021. Ventura has different options in Energy Saver. Not sure I want to reformat an existing drive the that worked fine before. Apple .... can you make a software fix on this. It does seem to be a prevalent issue.

Swood

Posted on Dec 4, 2022 6:18 AM

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Answer 1

hcsitas

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Dec 4, 2022 6:39 AM in response to swood7

Disable Sleep, it’s unnecessary on later Macs, all pain, no gain. To disable, set your Energy Saver settings to as shown:

And check “Prevent” under Displays > Advanced

Separately, avoid manual sleep, use screen lock instead or let the display switch off/auto-lock on timer. For long or overnight absences, shut.

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swood7 Author

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Dec 5, 2022 6:01 AM in response to hcsitas

Thank you. I will try this. I get that the M1 doesn't really need to sleep. However, I'm working with a Dell display that I do want to go to sleep. I guess just turn it off when I leave???? And back off when I return? ...

Note: Oddly this AM, when I signed back into my desktop, the NOT EJECTED PROPERLY notice did not appear ..ha...

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hcsitas

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Dec 5, 2022 6:11 AM in response to swood7

You can do that during nights. During the day, use this (the power button on the Dell monitor blinks slowly for this setting when turned off by the mini)

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