"Disk Not Ejected Properly": What It Means

"Disk Not Ejected Properly": What It Means(bombich.com)

25 points by speckx 7 days ago | 8 comments

gerdesj 24 minutes ago |

Replace the word "ejected" with "removed" as appropriate and the error becomes apparent.

No one "ejects" an external hard disc, you remove or disconnect it. You do eject a CD or a DVD.

Eject is a forceful removal ... if my memory is not totally shagged - iacto (Latin - I throw) or similar.

To be fair I have seen a few ejections or the aftermath of discs (hard/floppy/CD/DVD) and not considered them ... a disconnect event 8)

I suggest Apple go back to school and dispense with the lazy error reporting.

recursivedoubts 1 hour ago |

I’m surprised apple hasn’t solved this in some way. Seems like the apple is at would be to make removing the drive just work.

ssl-3 1 hour ago | |

They had it solved once, didn't they? IIRC, the Macintoshes of yore lacked eject buttons for things like floppy disks and CDs, and used software mechanisms to prevent premature removal.

jval43 14 minutes ago | | |

A paperclip always worked, even on the slot loading iMacs.

ColdStream 1 hour ago | | |

Huh, I never really thought about that. It kind of just felt like 'An Apple Thing (TM)'. But yeah that mechanical lock controlled by software does solve that issue, well until the hardware or software fails.

ipython 59 minutes ago | |

Apple can’t solve for loose physical cables, poor usb hubs, or firmware issues as discussed in tfa.

analog31 29 minutes ago | | |

They can, by not having any connectors. ;-)

prvc 1 hour ago | |

Less interoperability leads to more lock-in in their view. Poor implementations facilitate this. Making the user lose data or be uncertain about losing data is just icing on the cake.