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Re: diskimages helper

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On 2015-01-17, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> I have an external drive with a sparse bundle disk image on it. I plug 
> in the drive, mount the image, update and unmount the image. Then when I 
> try to eject the drive I can't, because a dozen or so of the sparse 
> bundle bands are "in use" by diskimages helper. I have to go to 
> Activity Monitor and force quit diskimages helper to be able to eject 
> the drive.
>
> Does anyone know why diskimages helper is behaving like that? Is there 
> anything I can do about it short of the force quit song and dance I'm 
> currently doing?

I'd guess there is either a bug in SuperDuper causing diskimages helper
to retain the image, or a bug in diskimages helper itself. While the
former seems more likely to me, it's hard to say without more evidence
and diagnosis. I wonder if other SuperDuper users have experienced this
problem.

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diskimages helper me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-17 03:39 +0000
  Re: diskimages helper Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-17 16:52 +1300
    Re: diskimages helper me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-17 06:45 +0000
  Re: diskimages helper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 15:02 +0000
    Re: diskimages helper me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-17 18:34 +0000
      Re: diskimages helper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 21:47 +0000
  Re: diskimages helper Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-18 02:14 +0000

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