Perhaps Time Machine was still active? I always check its status in
menu extras before I eject the drive.
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On 10/14/2022 9:33 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:
Well, how weird is this. I connected the disk, and to follow Brad’s advice,
emptied the trash—there was nothing there. It started a backup, which I told
it to skip. Pressed CMD-E, VO said Eject, and out came the disk. I have no
clue. I’ve been seeing the behavior of this command not working ever since I
upgraded to Monterrey, so I have absolutely no explanation for any of this. lol
Cheers,
Donna
On Oct 14, 2022, at 10:03 AM, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote:
This is strange, indeed.
Not sure what could be the issue.
I assume this disk’s icon is located on your Desktop.
Make sure any files or folders on the disk are closed. Make sure you empty the
Trash before attempting to eject the disk.
Make sure focus is on the disk icon on the desktop, or use CMD + Shift + C, to
open the Computer folder, where you can select the disk and then use CMD + E,
to initiate the Eject command.
If all else fails, you can shut down your Mac, and remove the disk, and then
restart your Mac.
HTH.
- Brad -
On Oct 14, 2022, at 08:49, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I don’t know what to say. I cannot eject my backup disk with CMD-E.
Cheers,
Donna
On Oct 14, 2022, at 8:07 AM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote:
CMD + E, will eject an external drive.
This command works in macOS Monterey, and every other version of the Mac
operating system I have ever used.
- Brad -
On Oct 14, 2022, at 06:41, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi Janet
It is a backup drive, and that is what I have been doing. I was just hoping
there was a single key-press option for performing this function, as there was
prior to Monterrey.
Thanks to all who responded.
Cheers,
Donna
On Oct 13, 2022, at 8:42 PM, Janet Ingber <janet.ing...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Donna,
Is the item you want to eject a backup drive? If so, go to Finder and VO-Left
and Right Arrow until you hear the name of your drive. Then do Shift-VO-M and
arrow down to eject. It may take a minute or two before the drive is ready to
be ejected.
Hope this helps.
Janet
On Oct 13, 2022, at 9:36 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I notice that in Monterrey CMD-E no longer works to eject an external disk
drive. Anyone know if there’s a new command? I tried CMD-Option-E but that
didn’t do it.
TIA,
Donna
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