Why is it that whenever I plug in my external HDD, which I have partitioned as one is storage and the other contains OS X, when I attempt to eject it I cannot do so without Safari having to be quit. I find this occurs with Chrome too and probably does with all web browsers. It says that they're using the partiton, what?!
MacBook (white), Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Perhaps you have something configured in your browsers that attaches to an external drive such as an incompleted download or a download folder on the external drive.
Not that I'm aware of, everything's local. It occurs if the HDD is plugged in and I start Safari or if Safari is already active.
Could it be a Widget?
Could be a widget, an extension, or other browser add-on you may have installed. Have you restarted the computer since this started? If not, then give that a try.
Oh, and monitor the Console information using the Console application in your Utilities folder to see what happens either when the drive is connected or ejected. Possible a log entry will reveal what's happening.
Oh my God, COnsole, how does that work? There must be some kind of how-to video on that..
No, this has been a persisten problem.
Open the Console application in the Utilities folder. Select the console log from the sidebar. Connect and eject the drive. See what messages are printed in the log when you do that. Maybe there will be an error message that would provide a clue.
You wouldn't believe but every time I've had the console open, ready and waiting to capture the data before I plug in the extHDD and then to record after it didn't ever have a problem. But, this time (boyed with too much confidence) I had plugged it in without the console open and it was like old times again, so, here's a clip of the console data:
http://cl.ly/2Y0X1b2P461H2E3i1D2b
Can you see what's wrong?
Based solely on the small sample of console log you show, try the following:
You appear to have a preference pane called X-Tunes. Open the X-Tunes preference pane.
In that prefpane there's a control with the title "X-Tunes Remote Control is:". Click the Off radio button to its right.
Close the preference pane. Can you eject the disk now?
The basis for this is I see mention of an app called X-Tunes Daemon in that sample console log. That app is launched when you specify that "X-Tunes Remote Control is:" as On. I don't know if this is the source of your problem. Like I said I suggesting this based only on the small sample of console log you supplied.
X-Tunes, that's a old one. I thought I got rid of that ages ago. I found this discussion online about uninstalling it, tried that but still getting the problem:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2776013?start=0&tstart=0
Not sure what part of the console log you want, is it under Database Searches: All Messages? This seems to be the overview for all other departments as it were. To be honest I'm not even sure if X-Tunes is uninstalled, although all the signs are that is has been, but something like that doesn't even show up in activity monitor, I'm sure then there is some sort of Terminal command that can reveal these hidden processes?
So, end result, I'm still getting the issue of not being able to eject my extHDD.
To be honest I'm not even sure if X-Tunes is uninstalled, although all the signs are that is has been, but something like that doesn't even show up in activity monitor, I'm sure then there is some sort of Terminal command that can reveal these hidden processes?
Turn it off from it's preference pane like I mentioned previously (close the preference panes). Trash the X-Tunes.prefPane from your PreferencePanes directory. Apparently the thing does not create any login or startup items. That's all it takes to uninstall it.
As for looking at all the currently active processes, in terminal type the following command:
ps ax
You might want to post that here unless you see something that jumps out at you.
I did actually use that method before, so it should be uninstalled, I can't find it in the results from that code you gave me anyway:
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? Ss 9:57.15 /sbin/launchd
10 ?? Ss 0:05.62 /usr/libexec/kextd
11 ?? Ss 0:29.66 /usr/sbin/notifyd
12 ?? Ss 0:18.56 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
13 ?? Ss 0:39.95 /usr/libexec/configd
14 ?? Ss 0:29.98 /usr/sbin/syslogd
15 ?? Ss 1:47.99 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
16 ?? Ss 0:28.21 /usr/sbin/distnoted
17 ?? Ss 0:02.38 /usr/sbin/blued
19 ?? Ss 0:01.20 /usr/sbin/cron
22 ?? Ss 0:01.86 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.frame
23 ?? Ss 0:01.42 /sbin/SystemStarter
26 ?? Ss 0:06.69 /usr/sbin/securityd -i
30 ?? Ss 0:48.32 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchd
31 ?? Ss 4:29.13 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Content
32 ?? Ss 0:03.71 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
34 ?? Ss 0:01.85 /usr/libexec/hidd
35 ?? Ss 1:31.79 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Ve
37 ?? Ss 0:27.48 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
43 ?? Ss 0:01.59 autofsd
46 ?? Ss 0:02.12 /Library/PreferencePanes/SmartSleep.prefPane/Content
50 ?? Ss 12:44.19 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
73 ?? Ss 174:13.00 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.frame
80 ?? S 28:44.81 /Library/StartupItems/SynkFreecom/SynkLite
82 ?? Ss 0:02.13 ./privoxy --pidfile /var/run/Privoxy.pid config
83 ?? Ss 0:00.50 /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions
92 ?? Ss 0:26.52 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
100 ?? Ss 1:15.14 /sbin/launchd
104 ?? S 4:50.48 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS
105 ?? S 1:40.10 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Cont
110 ?? S 0:00.04 /usr/sbin/pboard
112 ?? S 0:40.08 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.frame
115 ?? S 0:05.73 /usr/libexec/UserEventAgent -l Aqua
122 ?? S 0:03.84 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Ag
123 ?? S 0:06.33 /Library/ScriptingAdditions/SIMBL.osax/Contents/Reso
127 ?? S 6:29.54 python2.5 zwserver.py -q -l
129 ?? S 4:36.16 /System/Library/CoreServices/Folder Actions Dispatch
139 ?? S 0:54.05 /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Res
141 ?? S 13:10.75 /Applications/Classic Menu 2.8.1/Classic Menu.app/Co
145 ?? S 9:07.20 /Applications/Displaperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Displ
146 ?? S 0:15.36 /Applications/I Love Stars.app/Contents/MacOS/I Love
147 ?? S 0:10.11 /Applications/CapSee.app/Contents/MacOS/CapsSee -psn
148 ?? S 1:37.78 /Applications/Jumpcut.app/Contents/MacOS/Jumpcut -ps
149 ?? S 0:06.45 /Applications/HardwareGrowler.app/Contents/MacOS/Har
150 ?? S 0:15.57 /Applications/FastScripts.app/Contents/MacOS/FastScr
152 ?? S 14:14.44 /Applications/Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Cloud -psn_0_
153 ?? S 0:17.40 /Applications/UnPlugged.app/Contents/MacOS/UnPlugged
154 ?? S 0:15.69 /Users/TIM/Library/PreferencePanes/AppTrap.prefPane
390 ?? S 0:26.23 /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents
858 ?? S 4:10.84 /Applications/?M^S??M^SM^T?M^S??M^S??M^SM^T?M^SM^S?M
16742 ?? S 0:01.75 /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWar
19146 ?? S 1:42.34 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19147 ?? S 0:33.02 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19148 ?? S 0:11.66 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19149 ?? S 0:18.53 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19150 ?? S 0:13.99 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19151 ?? S 1:13.91 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resou
19198 ?? S 0:00.04 /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKitPl
42745 ?? S 0:01.13 /System/Library/Frameworks/InputMethodKit.framework/
64969 ?? Ss 4:18.06 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Fr
75294 ?? S 34:34.23 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Mac
88432 ?? S 46:31.46 /Applications/[ ?M^WM^I°].app/Contents/MacOS/Apertu
88437 ?? S 0:01.09 /System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture
89408 ?? S 6:23.15 /Applications/S?M^\?f?M^\?ri.app/Contents/MacOS/Safa
89410 ?? S 20:22.46 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/
91439 ?? S 0:38.02 /System/Library/Frameworks/QTKit.framework/Resources
92786 ?? S 0:00.24 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/
93175 ?? SNs 0:07.54 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Fr
93427 ?? S 4:34.04 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/
93578 ?? S 0:00.29 /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/
93581 ?? S 0:00.18 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resou
93580 s000 Ss 0:00.76 login -pf TIM
93584 s000 S 0:00.04 -bash
93589 s000 R+ 0:00.00 ps ax
So, what was that then Print Screen Active Proce"x"es or something?
Thanks.
Wow, a lot of potential suspects in that list so I am not sure where to begin:
privoxy
python
Growl
Classic Menu
Displaperture (?)
I Love Stars
CapSee
Jumpcut
HardwareGrowler
FastScripts
Cloud
UnPlugged
AppTrap
DiskWar[rior?]
plus a few I can't determine due to you using or not using the wrong encoding settings in terminal so I see ?M^S??M^SM^T?M^S??M^S??M^SM^T?M^SM^S?M and [ ?M^WM^I°].app and S?M^\?f?M^\?ri.app in the list.
Also you should use a wider terminal window since many lines appear truncated.
Does your disk unmount problem happen only when you are using a browser or at any time?
privoxy
python
The rest I know about but not sure what the "python" thing is, it could be "FastScripts"? Yea, I have a lot of background processes, anout 400MB worth, but that's how it is. I'm like Ace Face out of Quadraphenia with all my wing mirrors on my bike, it's how I roll.
Anyway, here we go again, you know before I just did a strait fowrad c&p. I didn't realise that he window had to be a certain size, I'm only on a 13.1" White MacBook screen here, it's a bit awkward, why doesn't the text carry down to the next line?
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? Ss 10:05.37 /sbin/launchd
10 ?? Ss 0:05.65 /usr/libexec/kextd
11 ?? Ss 0:29.98 /usr/sbin/notifyd
12 ?? Ss 0:18.60 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
13 ?? Ss 0:40.59 /usr/libexec/configd
14 ?? Ss 0:30.04 /usr/sbin/syslogd
15 ?? Ss 1:49.96 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
16 ?? Ss 0:28.56 /usr/sbin/distnoted
17 ?? Ss 0:02.40 /usr/sbin/blued
19 ?? Ss 0:01.22 /usr/sbin/cron
22 ?? Ss 0:01.88 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/Resources/u sbmuxd -launchd
23 ?? Ss 0:01.44 /sbin/SystemStarter
26 ?? Ss 0:06.73 /usr/sbin/securityd -i
30 ?? Ss 0:49.12 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchd
31 ?? Ss 4:29.78 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow console
32 ?? Ss 0:03.76 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
34 ?? Ss 0:01.87 /usr/libexec/hidd
35 ?? Ss 1:32.43 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonC ore.framework/Versions/A/Support/fseventsd
37 ?? Ss 0:27.48 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
43 ?? Ss 0:01.62 autofsd
46 ?? Ss 0:02.15 /Library/PreferencePanes/SmartSleep.prefPane/Contents/Resources/de.jinx.SmartSl eepDaemon
50 ?? Ss 12:52.72 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
73 ?? Ss 176:10.40 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/WindowServer -daemon
80 ?? S 29:06.78 /Library/StartupItems/SynkFreecom/SynkLite
82 ?? Ss 0:02.13 ./privoxy --pidfile /var/run/Privoxy.pid config
83 ?? Ss 0:00.50 /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/cvmsServ
92 ?? Ss 0:26.57 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
100 ?? Ss 1:15.37 /sbin/launchd
104 ?? S 4:52.76 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock
105 ?? S 1:41.80 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer
110 ?? S 0:00.04 /usr/sbin/pboard
112 ?? S 0:43.36 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/fontd
115 ?? S 0:05.79 /usr/libexec/UserEventAgent -l Aqua
122 ?? S 0:03.89 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Base Station Agent -launchd -allowquit
123 ?? S 0:06.39 /Library/ScriptingAdditions/SIMBL.osax/Contents/Resources/SIMBL Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/SIMBL Agent
127 ?? S 6:34.62 python2.5 zwserver.py -q -l
129 ?? S 4:36.41 /System/Library/CoreServices/Folder Actions Dispatcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Folder Actions Dispatcher
139 ?? S 0:54.51 /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app/C ontents/MacOS/GrowlHelperApp -psn_0_57358
141 ?? S 13:21.05 /Applications/Classic Menu 2.8.1/Classic Menu.app/Contents/MacOS/Classic Menu -psn_0_61455
145 ?? S 9:14.30 /Applications/Displaperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Displaperture -psn_0_73746
146 ?? S 0:15.54 /Applications/I Love Stars.app/Contents/MacOS/I Love Stars -psn_0_77843
147 ?? S 0:10.33 /Applications/CapSee.app/Contents/MacOS/CapsSee -psn_0_81940
148 ?? S 1:39.08 /Applications/Jumpcut.app/Contents/MacOS/Jumpcut -psn_0_86037
149 ?? S 0:06.51 /Applications/HardwareGrowler.app/Contents/MacOS/HardwareGrowler -psn_0_90134
150 ?? S 0:15.76 /Applications/FastScripts.app/Contents/MacOS/FastScripts -psn_0_94231
152 ?? S 14:28.94 /Applications/Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Cloud -psn_0_102425
153 ?? S 0:17.60 /Applications/UnPlugged.app/Contents/MacOS/UnPlugged -psn_0_106522
154 ?? S 0:15.77 /Users/TIM/Library/PreferencePanes/AppTrap.prefPane/Contents/Resources/AppTrap. app/Contents/MacOS/AppTrap -psn_0_110619
390 ?? S 0:29.17 /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/MacOS/AppleSpell -psn_0_163880
858 ?? S 4:53.77 /Applications/?M^S??M^SM^T?M^S??M^S??M^SM^T?M^SM^S?M^SM^X?M^S?.app/Contents/Mac OS/TextEdit -psn_0_217141
16742 ?? S 0:01.78 /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon 16735
19146 ?? S 1:43.79 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19147 ?? S 0:33.22 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19148 ?? S 0:11.78 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19149 ?? S 0:18.72 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19150 ?? S 0:14.13 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19151 ?? S 1:14.03 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/DashboardClient.app/Co ntents/MacOS/DashboardClient
19198 ?? S 0:00.04 /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKitPluginAgent
42745 ?? S 0:01.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/InputMethodKit.framework/Resources/imklaunchagent
64969 ?? Ss 4:21.54 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Support/mds
75294 ?? S 34:38.16 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
88432 ?? S 46:50.60 /Applications/[ ?M^WM^I°].app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture -psn_0_15265422
88437 ?? S 0:01.14 /System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension -psn_0_15269519
89408 ?? S 8:40.55 /Applications/S?M^\?f?M^\?ri.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari -psn_0_15417011
89410 ?? S 26:00.65 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/WebProcess.app/Contents/Mac OS/WebProcess /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/WebKit2 -type webprocess -servicename com.apple.WebKit.WebProcess-89408-0x101219410 -localization en_US
91439 ?? S 0:39.40 /System/Library/Frameworks/QTKit.framework/Resources/QTKitServer
92786 ?? S 0:00.30 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/PluginProcess.app/Contents/ MacOS/PluginProcess /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/WebKit2 -type pluginprocess -servicename com.apple.WebKit.WebProcess-89408-0x119624528 -localization en_US
93175 ?? SNs 0:15.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker MDSImporterWorker com.apple.Spotlight.ImporterWorker.501
93427 ?? S 6:05.64 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/PluginProcess.app/Contents/ MacOS/PluginProcess /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/WebKit2 -type pluginprocess -servicename com.apple.WebKit.WebProcess-89408-0x11ff575c8 -localization en_US
93925 ?? SNs 0:00.25 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker MDSImporterWorker com.apple.Spotlight.ImporterWorker.89
94487 ?? R 0:02.07 /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal -psn_0_15982397
94499 ?? Z 0:00.00 (SFLSharedPrefsTo)
94489 s000 Ss 0:00.02 login -pf TIM
94490 s000 S 0:00.02 -bash
94501 s000 R+ 0:00.00 ps ax
For some thing like "?M^S??M^SM^T?M^S??M^S??M^SM^T?M^SM^S?M^SM^X?M^S?.app" it could be Textedit, which I renamed to "ⓣⓔⓧⓣⓔⓓⓘⓣ" (because I think it looks better). I ticked all boxes under the "Encodings" pane but found another one under "Settings: Advanced" pane that I left at "Unicode (UTF-8)" - not sure which one to choose, I tried the "7" and "16" variety but that made things worse (some of the chars were in Chinese!).
What do you think now?
Without going into details, Python is a computer language, sort of in the class like Java. It's running something called zwserver.py on your machine. And a google search of zwserver.py seems to imply it's to attach to a "Minecraft" server. Does that ring any bells?
You didn't answer my last question in my previous post. Does this unmount problem only happen while you are running a browser or at any time?
Oh yea, Python's like Javascript or something, sure, but I don't know what Micraft is, isn't that like a really sqaure looking game? Not sure what that's for exactly. It's not like a keylogger or anything I hope - calling back to a server?
Oh, sorry, no the only time I get a problem is when Safari's open, otherwise ejection happens as expected. It means turning Safari off and I hate that, I don't know why it does it. Like I mention, it's partitioned, one part has a bootable OS (OS X) and the other is just a normal stroage partition.
Thanks.
I just noticed that with Safari v6.0 (7536.25) this issue does not happen any more 🙂
Ejecting ext HDD (OS Journaled) not possible with Safari open
