"Disk Not Ejected Properly": What It Means

28 pointsposted 8 days ago
by speckx
(bombich.com)

11 Comments

recursivedoubts

17 hours ago

I’m surprised apple hasn’t solved this in some way. Seems like the apple is at would be to make removing the drive just work.

ssl-3

16 hours ago

They had it solved once, didn't they? IIRC, the Macintoshes of yore lacked eject buttons for things like floppy disks and CDs, and used software mechanisms to prevent premature removal.

ColdStream

16 hours ago

Huh, I never really thought about that. It kind of just felt like 'An Apple Thing (TM)'. But yeah that mechanical lock controlled by software does solve that issue, well until the hardware or software fails.

jval43

15 hours ago

A paperclip always worked, even on the slot loading iMacs.

ipython

16 hours ago

Apple can’t solve for loose physical cables, poor usb hubs, or firmware issues as discussed in tfa.

analog31

15 hours ago

They can, by not having any connectors. ;-)

Scoundreller

12 hours ago

I know windows likes to start blaring my music in the middle of the night when my wireless headphones finally die

nvme0n1p1

15 hours ago

How would a USB drive work without connectors?

prvc

16 hours ago

Less interoperability leads to more lock-in in their view. Poor implementations facilitate this. Making the user lose data or be uncertain about losing data is just icing on the cake.

jonhohle

14 hours ago

Shameless self promotion - if you plug your notebook computer into external disks often and don’t enjoy finding them to eject every time you undock, DriveLight[0] gives you a global shortcut to eject (or just unmount) all your disks at once. You get a menu bar extra to show disk activity, too!

0 - https://ttkb.co/soft/drivelight/

gerdesj

15 hours ago

Replace the word "ejected" with "removed" as appropriate and the error becomes apparent.

No one "ejects" an external hard disc, you remove or disconnect it. You do eject a CD or a DVD.

Eject is a forceful removal ... if my memory is not totally shagged - iacto (Latin - I throw) or similar.

To be fair I have seen a few ejections or the aftermath of discs (hard/floppy/CD/DVD) and not considered them ... a disconnect event 8)

I suggest Apple go back to school and dispense with the lazy error reporting.