How to Eject Flash Drive on Macintosh

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How to Eject USB Devices and Memory Cards in OS X More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by nhenrik | permalink
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There is a right way and a wrong way to eject a USB device or memory card on your Mac. Follow these tips.
For further reading: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-eject-usb-in-osx ^[1]

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What's really going to happen if I unplug that flash drive? | One Page | Komando.com More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Melanie Kidson | permalink
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Think unplugging a removable drive from your computer is too complicated? Find out if you really need to follow the steps....

For further reading: http://www.komando.com/tips/240993/whats-really-going-to-happen-if-i-unplug-that-flash-drive/all ^[2]

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How to Eject Flash Drive on Macintosh | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Gabrielle Duccini | permalink
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Flash drives, or thumb drives, are cheap and convenient, but because they are so easy to use and misuse, they are prone to corruption. The biggest way you can screw up your flash drive is to eject it improperly.Macs in particular don't come with much documentation, so you may not have the right directions either. There's a small delay in ejecting...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_4821384_eject-flash-drive-macintosh.html ^[3]

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Do I Really Need to Eject USB Drives Before Removing Them? More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Everard van Steenderen | permalink
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Dear Lifehacker, Some of my computers (like my Mac) are always warning me about disconnecting flash drives without ejecting, while Windows doesn't seem to have a problem—in fact, my external USB drive doesn't even have an eject option. Does this mean it's safe? How do I know when I actually need to eject a drive? You can contact Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at . You can also find him on , , and lurking around our page.
Tags: Ask Lifehacker, Flash Drives, explainers, Hard Drives, data corruption, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Top, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5863810/do-i-really-need-to-eject-usb-drives-before-removing-them ^[4]

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1. http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-eject-usb-in-osx

2. http://www.komando.com/tips/240993/whats-really-going-to-happen-if-i-unplug-that-flash-drive/all

3. http://www.ehow.com/how_4821384_eject-flash-drive-macintosh.html

4. http://lifehacker.com/5863810/do-i-really-need-to-eject-usb-drives-before-removing-them