How to Force Eject External Hard Drive from Mac: All Methods

On OS-X Mountain-Lion, I can option-click one of the Eject icons (hold down option, then click the eject icon), and all external ...

The problem was solved upon downloading and running AdwareMedic. AdwareMedic immediately found the culprit: a nasty program called 'pluto'. I ...

Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it. It's been reported that some variants of the VSearch malware block access to ...

Open Finder and click “File” on the Apple menu bar.. Then, select “Eject” and wait for the USB icon to disappear. Eject button selected in the ...

4 天前 · Go to System Settings > Spotlight and scroll down to click the Search Privacy button. Drag your external drive into the window that opens and ...

Using the policy which is provided for each device can be used,where select quick removal from policies tab in the device manager. Upvote ·.

In Windows it is fine if you just unplug a USB disk, but MacOS complains if you haven't 'ejected' it first, and later demands to scan it for errors.

I eject USB drives by opening Finder, then look on the left side for the USB stick, press the eject button, wait a couple of seconds.

To remove an external drive from Spotlight on a Mac, you can exclude it from Spotlight searches by following these steps: Select the Apple menu.

Step 1 Empty the trash. 1. Empty the trash. · Step 2 Open the Finder. 2. Open the Finder. · Step 3 Under Devices, find your flash drive listed. 3 · Step 4 Click on ...