georgexsh Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) When using "Eject" function in system finder, my external disk will stop spinning and LED turn off, but using "Eject" command in Alfred, the drive will keep spinning and LED won't turn off. Is this a bug? Edited December 6, 2017 by georgexsh Link to comment
Vero Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 @georgexsh Welcome to the forum. If you launch Console.app and try to eject your external drive, do you see an error message? It may indicate why macOS is not allowing the disk to be fully ejected. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
georgexsh Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) 错误 17:20:42.814096 +0800 mds ====^^^^ QUERY CLIENT _showAllExtensions:1 错误 17:20:42.946243 +0800 mds ====^^^^ QUERY CLIENT _showAllExtensions:1 错误 17:20:43.068344 +0800 mds ====^^^^ QUERY CLIENT _showAllExtensions:1 错误 17:20:43.709218 +0800 mdworker Asked to exit for Diskarb 错误 17:20:43.868751 +0800 mds_stores Got event: Connection invalid 错误 17:20:43.868849 +0800 mds_stores MDSSecureStore connection error:Connection invalid 错误 17:20:43.867735 +0800 mds Event on stores connection Connection invalid 错误 17:20:43.867892 +0800 mds Event on stores connection Connection invalid 错误 17:20:43.883339 +0800 mds_stores Got event: Connection invalid Thanks for your reply. Above are some logs I found, I guess "错误" == "Error". By saying "not fully ejected", I mean not as Finder do to shut down power completely, the disk is successfully unmounted with Alfred in some sorts. Besides, I use the USB drive in question as TimeMachine. Edited December 6, 2017 by georgexsh Link to comment
georgexsh Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 @Vero if necessary, I could make a video to show the difference. Link to comment
georgexsh Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 @Vero update, I could confirm that another external HDD will be powered off with alfred's eject command, just like finder does, the difference is, this HDD is not for Time Machine. Link to comment
georgexsh Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) @Vero any update, or could move this post to bug report forum? Edited December 22, 2017 by georgexsh Link to comment
Vero Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 @georgexsh There's unfortunately not enough information to really establish why macOS isn't fully ejecting the external disk as it should. I left the discussion there in the hope some other users may be able to provide more insight. We haven't had any other reports of this kind of issue from other users, and we are unable to replicate the issue, so this area of the forum may be the best one for you to potentially get fellow users popping in with some ideas of why you might be seeing this specifically on your Mac. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
georgexsh Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 @Vero thanks for your patience, hope no one else has this issue! Link to comment
raguay.customct Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hi, I've had this issue and fixed it by turning off Hazel first. The Finder eject seems to know how to kick Hazel and other programs off it's directories before ejecting. You most likely have a program that is behaving similarly. Link to comment
georgexsh Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 @raguay.customct thanks! that is a very useful clue, I guess the program spinning my drive is the time machine, but unfortunately, I can not turn it off. Link to comment
raguay.customct Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/12/2018 at 5:12 PM, georgexsh said: @raguay.customct thanks! that is a very useful clue, I guess the program spinning my drive is the time machine, but unfortunately, I can not turn it off. You can turn it off in System Preferences. Link to comment
georgexsh Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 @raguay.customct that is true, but I need time machine. Link to comment
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