On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:24:41 +0800 > From: Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> > Subject: Problems ejecting volumes / disks from GUI but not command > line... > To: "[email protected] OSX" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > Hi All, > > I'm having problems ejecting volumes (e.g. external disk) and optical disks > (e.g. DVDs) from the Finder (GUI) in Mac OS X Mountain Lion (latest update) > on MacBook Pro (around 2010). It won't eject, even when I choose the option > to Force Eject, it won't successful eject. Seems like MDS and sometimes > Finder have files open, but this doesn’t explain inability to Force Eject. > > I can Eject and Force Eject (not necessary now because Eject works) from the > command line using something like "sudo hdiutil eject /Volumes/France" which > is strange. I have had some problems in the past with my user's groups. I > think it was since the upgrade to ML that my groups got mangled some way and > I ended up in Wheel (as well as many other groups) but not correct primary > group (Username). > > I wonder if the fact that eject works with sudo (I should try without) but > Finder eject always fails, even with a force eject, may be related to the > mixup in groups? Should I be in Wheel if the account is an Admin account? > How can I add myself back into Wheel (there is a file in Unix I seem to > remember). Others have had similar problems with not being able to eject > volumes in ML due to mds process. > > Any help or suggestions most appreciated. > > Cheers, > Ashley. > > PS I've used lsof to see open files on the volume. I've tried killing the > mds processes (they start again almost immediately). I've added volumes to > the Spotlight preferences panel to stop it searching the volumes with no > improvement. I've tried restarting the Finder. Of course, if I shutdown the > volume is ejected but that is not a real solution ;-) > -- > Ashley Aitken > Perth, Western Australia > mrhatken at mac dot com > Social (Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.): MrHatken > Professional (LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype etc.): AshleyAitken
Use the following to disable mds aka Spotlight. 'off' for disable 'on' to enable. sudo mdutil -a -i off[on] If you still have problems ejecting then some other process is accessing that Volume. BTW, If you have a Terminal open and cd to that volume, it will block eject. Best, Tim Roberts_______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
