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On 2013-02-15, at 22:29, Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Thanks for your post.
> 
> On 16/02/2013, at 4:08 AM, Tim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Thank you, good suggestion.  As I mentioned, I had put the volume(s) in the 
> privacy panel of Spotlight, so I was hoping that would discourage 
> mds/Spotlight but this will test for sure.
> 
>> BTW, If you have a Terminal open and cd to that volume, it will block eject.
> 
> Yes, I've fallen for that one in the past.  Interestingly I also don't have 
> any Finder windows open there either but Finder still shows up as accessing 
> the Volume.
> 
> I've tried restarting Finder.  I also use Total Finder but I quit that for 
> the tests too.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ashley.
> 
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