Isn’t there a “Force Empty trash somewhere (poss. cmd+shift+e). Also, another option is to quit whatever app is claiming ownership to that file, and then quit that app. This happen to me the other day with pages running. I then just quitted out of Pages, and, voila! was able to get rid of the file (eject will act the same way). On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:20 AM, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, I’ll give that a try. > I just tried to eject it again and got a message saying it was still being > used. where do I find disc utility? > > On 9 Dec 2013, at 2:26 am, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you making sure you are on the icon for the stream in your desktop >> before doing cmd-e? Also, I can't remember from when I had a Stream but does >> the Stream just mount as one item? The reason I ask is that when I attach my >> mp3 player the player mounts and the sd card mounts separately and I have to >> eject both. But I seem to recall that with the Stream it just mounts as one >> item. There is one other thing you could try though you shouldn't have to do >> it. Go into Disk Utility and see if your stream shows up there. if it does, >> stop interacting with your stream selected and do vo-space on eject in the >> toolbar of Disk Utility. >> >> Hth. >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> Go beyond the Christmas story this year; >> meet Immanuel (God with us), >> Jesus, the crucified Savior, >> Christ, the risen Lord. >> >> >> >> On Dec 8, 2013, at 5:06 AM, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks lesette and ray. much appreciated. :) >>> On 8 Dec 2013, at 9:12 pm, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> No. No safely remove hardware option. Remember, this ain’t crashy clunky >>>> windows. Best thing to do is press cmd+e to remove the Stream as a drive. >>>> When it’s been ejected, then you can unplug it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>>> built-in! >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> when I disconnect my victor reader stream from the mac, I press command E >>>>> to eject. I then unplug the player from the computer. sometimes I turn it >>>>> off first before taking the usb cable from the computer. Almost every >>>>> time, I get a message saying the device was not ejected properly. >>>>> Is there a safely remove hard ware option? if so I can’t find it. What in >>>>> the world am I doing wrong. something is obviously wrong because I’m >>>>> getting incorrect card space reports and now have to reformat the sd >>>>> card. >>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated, >>>>> Andrew >>>>> Sent from my 11 inch macbook air >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> Sent from my 11 inch macbook air >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Sent from my 11 inch macbook air > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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