Tip: If you are using a Nifty MiniDrive you need to get the version from the developer’s site. Jettison can eject many different kinds of external volumes.
Then in Jettison’s Preferences menu, select which external volumes you want ejected.
Download and install it from either the Mac App Store or the developer’s website. This means you can unplug your external drives without having to wake your Mac to eject them.Įven better, if you put your Mac to sleep but decide not to unplug everything, Jettison will remount them automatically. When it does, it unmounts all your external volumes. It lives in your menu bar and detects when your Mac is going to sleep. Jettison is a lightweight app, available for $1.99, that solves this problem. The issue is that OS X leaves external drives mounted during sleep mode, and gives no options to change that behaviour. The all too familiar Disk Not Ejected Properly notification. Getting an alert when you rip a USB key out while your still running Mac is one thing, but getting one after you delicately unplug your external hard drives from your sleeping Mac so that you can put it in your bag is a different story. Most MacBook users are familiar with the Disk Not Ejected Properly notification. Some small issues can be solved with a single piece of advice: "install this app." In this tutorial, I'll tackle five such problems and introduce you to some great apps that provide quick and easy solutions. Not every problem with your Mac requires an in-depth tutorial.