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| From | Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Can't Eject a Volume |
| Date | 2014-02-21 17:10 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <210220141710070112%timstreater@greenbee.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <le0f64$i8t$1@dont-email.me> <slrnlgc6tl.ku.g.kreme@oswin.local> <le5qqs$n2q$1@dont-email.me> <slrnlgdbbh.hco.g.kreme@oswin.local> <bmpf4dF1uueU2@mid.individual.net> |
In article <bmpf4dF1uueU2@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > On 2014-02-21, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > > In message <le5qqs$n2q$1@dont-email.me> Alan Ralph > > <alan.ralph@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 20/02/2014 15:13, Lewis wrote: > >>> In message <le0f64$i8t$1@dont-email.me> Alan Ralph > >>> <alan.ralph@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> It may well be Finder itself still accessing the external disk. Select > >>>> 'Force Quit' from the Apple menu, select Finder, click 'Relaunch', then > >>>> wait while Finder restarts and refreshes the desktop. This also works > >>>> for CDs or DVDs that refuse to eject. > >>> > >>> Don't do this. > > > >> Care to expand on why you think it's the wrong course of action? > > > > Force quitting apps is generally to be avoided. > > To expand on this, force quitting an application can cause any file that > the application currently has open to become corrupt, since it does not > give the application a chance to finish updating the file in question > and close it before quitting. Applications may have their own preference > files open, or other files on your startup volume. If an application's > preference file becomes malformed or corrupt, it can cause the > application in question to behave in unpredictable ways on subsequent > launches. The files will all be closed when the app quits. You *might* leave an important file in a dicky state, but not necessarily. I force-quit Word 2008 quit often, but it starts up just fine every time. > > Force quitting an app like the Finder where you are never sure of the > > state it is in is absolutely to be avoided. > > I'm not sure I would consider Finder to be that fragile - certainly not > as fragile as other applications or system processes. If there is a file > copy in progress, you certainly ant to avoid force quitting it, and as > stated above, there is always the possibility that you can cause Finder > preference files to become corrupt if you force quit it. But in general, > if your system is relatively idle, you can often force quit the Finder > without too much concern. Well quite. And if that's still a concern, get hold of one of the many apps that will add a Quit item to Finder. In fact looking at the Force-Quit window, if you choose Finder the button changes to say "Relaunch", so that would seem safe enough. -- "People don't buy Microsoft for quality, they buy it for compatibility with what Bob in accounting bought last year. Trace it back - they buy Microsoft because the IBM Selectric didn't suck much" - P Seebach, afc
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Can't Eject a Volume nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid (Nick Naym) - 2014-02-18 14:32 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-18 14:48 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-18 19:52 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-02-22 12:05 -0800
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 21:25 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-02-22 21:03 -0800
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 20:13 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 20:18 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:13 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 21:07 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 21:52 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 06:27 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-21 16:53 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 13:07 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 12:38 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 21:24 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-21 22:51 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-21 01:35 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 06:27 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-21 17:02 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-21 17:10 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-21 17:21 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 13:07 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 13:07 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-21 19:14 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 14:49 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-21 22:13 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-22 00:29 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 16:59 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-02-25 16:49 +1100
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-21 18:28 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-22 00:29 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 10:02 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 10:22 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 17:01 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 12:13 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 17:16 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-22 12:34 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 21:23 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-22 21:46 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 21:53 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-22 17:00 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> - 2014-02-18 20:37 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 02:13 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-18 21:42 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 04:21 +0000
Re: Can't Eject a Volume nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-18 23:35 -0500
Re: Can't Eject a Volume Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:13 +0000
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