I'm working on this old iMac (350Mhz) which booted up the "Folder ?" deal. So I pop in the Norton CD to boot it up. Norton wants to format the drive. What the? Instead, I get it to check the drive ...

Anyone have any quick and easy ways to have a keyboard shortcut or desktop shortcut to eject a CD from the drive? My tower is in a awkward position and it's a pain in the ass to bend over and find the ...

On Windows, Quick Removal allows safe drive removal without ejecting, but the feature isn't perfect. Mac systems rely on safe ...

The need for the Eject command arises from two reasons. First, if there are open files on a disk, macOS refuses to let you eject it because doing so might result in data loss. Second, the Eject ...

Apple's Mac computers are popular for many reasons, among being a premium build quality that's meant to last. The recent refresh favoring Apple's in-house M-series of chips has only boosted ...

Safe ejection is good practice as it can prevent data corruption, but incidents are relatively rare. Modern OS and device caching reduce failure risk, so abrupt removal usually causes no harm. It's ...

No matter how conscientious you are about handling your external storage devices with care, it's probably happened to you: you were in a rush and yanked out your USB drive without ejecting it. On the ...