After being on for a short while, if i'm not using anything on it, my external hard drive won't eject (i'm on a mac) and it says it's because it's in use. but i'm not using it. and it was worse before, it would do that but then when i'd click the icon nothing would show up. now things show up, but if i try and run something the finder freezes up and i have to restart the computer. what it did before was it would just bounce in the dock over and over and over and over until it either stopped or i forced quit or restarted.... what in the world is wrong?
7:12 am on June 26, 2009
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yeah it's a mac that's why this shouldnt be expected
7:14 am on June 26, 2009
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Ummm sometime mac has more trouble than a pc. I happen to use both but with a mac this problem could be caused by a virus or by a simple computer glitch I hope this was helpful.
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Ummm sometime mac has more trouble than a pc. I happen to use both but with a mac this problem could be caused by a virus or by a simple computer glitch I hope this was helpful.
that's perhaps the vaguest answer i've seen which has somehow managed to stay on topic, not in the least bit helpful.
OP: Sometimes my drives don't eject, and i usually find it's because I've been watching a film from it and I haven't closed the application I played it with (like quicktime for example). If I quit that then eject it usually works.
If you're having more problems try logging out or logging back in, or restarting. Sometimes Finder is still accessing the drive even though you're not doing anything yourself. You just need to wait a bit for it to finish what it does, sometimes it acts up and won't eject so restarting usually solves that.
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Solution: Get a PC
Plan B: All you have to do is turn off your mac (unplug it as well), and eject the disk manually. Then, reboot and it should be good to go. I honestly don't have a clue about how macs work internally, so I'm not sure how you would prevent it from occurring in the future. Try reinstalling the drivers for it maybe?
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PCs are worse, why would i get a PC. but i do restart, and it just does it again after being on and idle.
10:12 am on June 26, 2009
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XD he is anon because he doesn't want us pc guys tearing him down pc's are fine infact pc's can run your precious mac osx. there is no where you can hide from us any longer
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Ummm sometime mac has more trouble than a pc. I happen to use both but with a mac this problem could be caused by a virus or by a simple computer glitch I hope this was helpful. 
