What is the difference between eject and safely remove

As for the other two, "Safely Remove" could be better understood as "Power off device", and should only be displayed in a context where you select the DEVICE, not individual mounted partitions. That would leave "Unmount" in its obvious place, when user selects an icon that represents an individual partition. The whole thing is a mess today and the discussion on the link shows that pretty clearly.

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Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked The problem is that this option should only be present for Optical Devices Devices that do not need to sync data before disconnecting since this actually EJECTS the device.

There is however a verification process that runs when you try to Eject a device that needs sync. For example, if you try to eject a device that is copying data at that precise moment, it will give you the following warning:. If you try to Eject the device and the sync is not done yet, you will get a message along the lines of "waiting for sync to finish before ejecting device".

This only shows or at least it gives you enough time to see the message if you copy a lot files, specially small ones mixed in with big ones and then immediately after finishing the copy process you try to Eject it. If you Eject At least with This might be the cause of not seeing the option for "Safely Remove Drive". The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon.

Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical.