Kimberly Beattie1

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