Eject plug in drive not working

[Janeilfen]

Anyone else seen this? Whenever I connect a remote drive and then try to eject by right click, eject, it doesn’t work. I get an on screen message which says something like, “disc not ejected properly”. However, if I use disc utility to unmount the drive, it works.
Its no big deal just something I have noticed since buying a 2018 mini with Catalina loaded. Previous used a 2010 MacBook Pro running High Sierra with no such issue.

 

[MSastre]

You can also select the drive and use cmd +e to eject the it.

 

[Janeilfen]

Ok thanks. I will try that.
So is it a bug in Catalina?

 

[flowrider]

Or just drag it to the Trash.

Lou

 

[usagora]

How many drives has this happened with?

What kind of drives are they? USB thumb drives? External SSD? External HDD?

I've connected both external HDDs and USB thumb drives to both my iMacs (Mojave and Catalina) and have not had this happen. I normally drag the volume to the "trash" (which turns into an eject icon when you start dragging a volume) or by pressing COMMAND+E. Only "issue" I have occasionally is that it says it can't be ejected because it's in use (even though I can't for the life of me discover which app/process is using it). In that case, I normally just shut down to be safe before pulling the drive.

 

[Janeilfen]

I have 3 external HDD drives which are the issue. These are connected via usb-a.
I forgot about the drag to trash method and will also give that a try.
Thanks all for your input. As I said it’s no big deal, just wondered if it was a known issue with Catalina. I can always stick with the disc utility, unmount method. Also that Catalina seems to be getting more than usual bad feedback from some users.

 

[usagora]

Are you updated to 10.15.5? My Catalina iMac is new, and I immediately updated it upon receiving, so maybe this was an issue before the latest update?

 

[Janeilfen]

I haven’t updated to 10.15.5 yet. I know it’s available but was waiting till it appeared in the App Store update notification.

 

[usagora]

I haven’t updated to 10.15.5 yet. I know it’s available but was waiting till it appeared in the App Store update notification.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm pretty sure OS updates no longer appear in the App Store like they used to (can't remember when this changed, but it's been a while). You have to go to System Preferences > Software Update and let it sit there for a few seconds (or sometimes longer) until it shows the 10.15.5 update.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Best way is:

Manuals, Specs, and Downloads - Apple Support

Manuals, technical specifications, downloads, and more for Apple software and hardware

support.apple.com

Lou

 

[usagora]

^^^^Best way is:

Manuals, Specs, and Downloads - Apple Support

Manuals, technical specifications, downloads, and more for Apple software and hardware

support.apple.com

Lou

If you point someone that direction (not sure why just going through System Preferences isn't easier/"better"), you might want to explain the difference between

Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Combo Update
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update

Which 10.15.5 update should one download if they're going to use that site instead of System Preferences > Software Update?

 

[Taz Mangus]

I haven’t updated to 10.15.5 yet. I know it’s available but was waiting till it appeared in the App Store update notification.

What version of Catalina are you running? I would suggest downloading and installing the 10.15.5 combo update which will have in it the 10.15.5 and 10.15.5 supplemental update. I always try to install the combo updates.

Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Combo Update - Apple Support (IN)

macOS Catalina 10.15.5 introduces battery health management in the Energy Saver settings for notebooks, an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls, and controls to fine-tune the built-in calibration of your Pro Display XDR. The update also improves the...

support.apple.com

 

[Janeilfen]

I was told by Apple support that when an update (OS or third party) is available for your machine, it will show when you click on the Apple logo, top left of screen. You shouldn’t have to go into system preferences to find out.
I realise I can over-ride this advice by accessing the updates directly. I guess Apple are trying to limit access to updates so their servers don’t become overloaded with requests? If my issue was urgent, then I might request the update but it isn’t urgent.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I was told by Apple support that when an update (OS or third party) is available for your machine, it will show when you click on the Apple logo, top left of screen. You shouldn’t have to go into system preferences to find out.
I realise I can over-ride this advice by accessing the updates directly. I guess Apple are trying to limit access to updates so their servers don’t become overloaded with requests? If my issue was urgent, then I might request the update but it isn’t urgent.

Whether you update through Apple Support Downloads or through System Preferences->Software Update, the update comes from the Apple servers regardless.

 

[usagora]

I was told by Apple support that when an update (OS or third party) is available for your machine, it will show when you click on the Apple logo, top left of screen. You shouldn’t have to go into system preferences to find out.
I realise I can over-ride this advice by accessing the updates directly. I guess Apple are trying to limit access to updates so their servers don’t become overloaded with requests? If my issue was urgent, then I might request the update but it isn’t urgent.

All the Apple Menu would be doing is taking you to System Preferences, so it's all the same. You should also be getting pop-up notifications when updates are available. Apple's not trying to limit anything. I'd advise going ahead and updating. It's been out for 12 days now.

 

[flowrider]

If you point someone that direction (not sure why just going through System Preferences isn't easier/"better"), you might want to explain the difference between

Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Combo Update
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update

Which 10.15.5 update should one download if they're going to use that site instead of System Preferences > Software Update?

The version to download is up to the user.

If already on 10.15.5 - The Supplemental Update will suffice and the others will also work.
If on 10.15.4 - The 10.15.5 The Update will suffice and the Combo will also work.
If on 10.15.3 back to 10.15.0 then choose the Combo Update.

As far as why chose the download method rather than System update:

1. I keep a copy of my updates after the process completes.
2. I'm leery of updating software from the web. Maybe that's just me

Lou

 

[usagora]

The version to download is up to the user.

If already on 10.15.5 - The Supplemental Update will suffice and the others will also work.
If on 10.15.4 - The 10.15.5 The Update will suffice and the Combo will also work.
If on 10.15.3 back to 10.15.0 then choose the Combo Update.

As far as why chose the download method rather than System update:

1. I keep a copy of my updates after the process completes.
2. I'm leery of updating software from the web. Maybe that's just me

Lou

To the average user, that's confusing, which is why I would recommend they just receive updates through the normal means under System Preferences/Software Update, which takes out any guess work. The exception would be, of course, if there is any issue getting the update to download thru Software Update (which I personally have never encountered) or if someone's trying to update an older OS.

I don't quite understand your personal reasons for doing it the other way (the "copy" is already on the web so why take up hard drive space for it? And whether you update through System Preferences or the website, the same software is being downloaded prior to installing), but obviously to each his own

 

[flowrider]

^^^^You said it - "to each his own" So why argue about it. I suggested it, you took exception❓

Lou

 

[usagora]

^^^^You said it - "to each his own" So why argue about it. I suggested it, you took exception❓

Lou

Because I don't think it's great advice to give to the average user to choose and download updates manually when Software Update does it for you. You did make a claim in contrast to my post (thus the ^^^^ you typed) that your way was "the best", so I did take exception to that assertion. Now it IS good info to know in the rare case that one is unable to update through Software Update (or, like I said, are updating an older OS), but unnecessary 99% of the time.

The part I was saying "to each his own" about was your personal choice to download them that way, but I also don't understand your reasoning. You were free to reply back with clarification or not. Your choice. I don't really care either way, but I don't see a problem with me expressing confusion about what you chose to share. Maybe I even brought up something you or someone else hadn't considered before that could be helpful or vice versa. Whatever. It's a discussion forum, after all.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Seems as if you want to argue. I DO NOT!!!!!! The reason for the arrows is because you said

You have to go

almost like a command and like there was no other option. If you don't think my opinion matters - That's fine with me. I don't tell folks they "have to" do anything. I just posted what I believe is the best way. You don't agree - OK - But don't bad mouth what I posted with your own feelings.

THIS IS MY LAST POST!!!! You are free to rave on 🤯

Lou

 

[usagora]

^^^^Seems as if you want to argue. I DO NOT!!!!!! The reason for the arrows is because you said almost like a command and like there was no other option. If you don't think my opinion matters - That's fine with me. I don't tell folks they "have to" do anything. I just posted what I believe is the best way. You don't agree - OK - But don't bad mouth what I posted with your own feelings.

THIS IS MY LAST POST!!!! You are free to rave on 🤯

Lou

I'm fairly confident you're the only one here that thinks that's what I meant by "you have to." Within macOS, that IS the only way that I know of to get to the update. So all I meant was "this is how you do it." It's a pretty common way of speaking. If you want to change the oil in your car, you have to drain the old oil first. That's not a command; it's reality. I didn't "bad mouth" anything. Disagreement is not "bad mouthing." I have been very civil and you have chosen for some reason to get offended that I don't agree with you. I have not called names or used foul language or other inflammatory language. You disagreed with me also. I wasn't offended. Life goes on.