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should I eject external hard drives while I upgrade to a new OS

I am upgrading to Monterey from Catalina. Should I eject all of my external SSD drives before I do the upgrade?

iMac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 22, 2023 6:23 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2023 7:14 PM

Catalina came before Monterey and Ventura comes after Monterey.

It is not required, but I generally eject and disconnect external drives when updating and upgrading.

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