Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

Yeah I have that problem when I plug my N900 into my school computers sometimes. I wonder if there's any app you can install on the FAT storage to identify what's holding it up. I dunno if unlocker does that.

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As an old-time Unix file system developer, I would advis you to always safely eject. Pulling power off a device while it is being written to is almost always painful if not fatal.

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

my Mac tells me to do it, I submissively obey.

this device is too expensive for me to afford anything happening to it.

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

The title of this thread is full of win. Congratulations to the OP!

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

Good to see another Mac user ;)

However: you can rest assured that the mac will never tell you to remove a device unless you have requested to first eject it or during an admin task such as a software update. Fact is, you can pull a device from the Mac anytime you want.

You can also rest assured that if you do happen to pull a device (from the USB port for example) wihout first ejecting it, your Mac will NOT be damaged. There are circuit protectors in place to protect from this. But that's not sayng your device may survive.

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

Epic win! I made that lol option just for you :)

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

So mac is fine, device might not be?

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For those that sometime can't remount device on windows, you should try unlocker. Very usefull app for unmount drives/suppress in-use files :)

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

yep I think that's probably what he's saying, it's all about risk, I don't know the probability rate of this happening but something might go wrong and you lose some/all data, with my mac ejecting is a matter of adding a couple of seconds which really isn't much, so...I just always do it. :)

Re: Friends don't let friends pull it out prematurely (Safely remove hardware : to eject or not to eject?) Poll
 

Thanks.

Edit: BUMPed again, more votes!!