Q: Spotlight issue: The disk wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.
Recently I have been getting the below error when trying to unmount a disk image after using SuperDuper to run a Sparse Disk bundle backup.
The disk "xxxx" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.
In terminal I ran a 'sudo lsof | grep' command and Spotlight it trying to index the volume - keeping me from ejecting the volume. I tried to add the mounted sparse bundle to the privacy pane, but get a 'Privacy List Error'
Below is an example of what Terminal gives me. What can I do to keep this from happening and be able to unmount the drive after backup?
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mds 68 root 57w REG 1,34 94 208641 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352/journals.live_user/journal.635988
mds 68 root 59r DIR 1,34 27234 115363 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352
mds 68 root 60r DIR 1,34 2278 115079 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 3277 115089 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/0.indexGroups
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8192 115091 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/0.indexTermIds
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8192 115093 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/0.indexPositionTable
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 1024 115095 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8192 115104 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/live.0.indexPositionTable
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8 184075 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352/live.4.indexCompactDirectory
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 3277 191730 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352/live.34.indexGroups
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8224 115105 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/live.0.indexDirectory
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 3277 204234 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352/live.5.indexGroups
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 8192 204236 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/47F89FF8-A1ED-4AD0-8F44-89BC92FDD 352/live.5.indexTermIds
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 32768 115088 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/0.indexIds
mds_store 283 root txt REG 1,34 65536 115096 /Volumes/Business_BU/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F62EF90A-105E-40B9-B6F9-8CA0355DF EA7/0.indexArrays
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on May 26, 2016 9:26 PM