p.4 #1 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
Dave_EP wrote:
Please define your one-click. It seems to me you have to have everything setup )al the right windows open etc) and ready to click-once to eject.... otherwise it's several clicks. Just asking
Ok 2-4 clicks.
1. If it is not visible on the desktop I click on the desktop, all the open windows go away,
2. I right click on the drive icon (and yes ok I have it setup so they show up on the desktop)
3. I then click eject on the menu.
4. Click on th desktop again to bring all the windows back to where they were.
Steps 1 + 4 are only needed if not visible.
Technically I can do it with one click, if it is visible on the desktop I right click on it and then use the keyboard
p.4 #2 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
I used to think the same thing when I switched to Mac, but I always eject my SD cards now just to be safe. One time I didn’t eject, and the card got corrupted—thankfully I was able to recover the files, but it was a close call. Since then, I’ve been in the habit of ejecting every time, especially after importing photos. It might seem unnecessary, but it gives me peace of mind knowing the data transfer is complete before pulling the card out. Better safe than sorry!
Oct 12, 2024 at 02:41 PM
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p.4 #3 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
p.4 #4 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
rina-11 wrote:
I used to think the same thing when I switched to Mac, but I always eject my SD cards now just to be safe. One time I didn’t eject, and the card got corrupted—thankfully I was able to recover the files, but it was a close call. Since then, I’ve been in the habit of ejecting every time, especially after importing photos. It might seem unnecessary, but it gives me peace of mind knowing the data transfer is complete before pulling the card out. Better safe than sorry!
It also takes a matter of a few seconds to eject. Surely that’s not too long in todays hurry up world.
p.4 #5 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
If you're not twitchy about removable drives with a Mac, then you didn't live through the initial releases of OSX. Back then, just letting your machine fall asleep with a drive attached could be a death sentence to your data when you woke it up. It's that experience that keeps me religious about actively ejecting drives.
With cards from cameras, you can set up LR to eject the media after import, so you don't even have to think about it.
p.4 #7 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
I eject disks before removing them but I almost never eject memory cards. It is quicker to just dismiss the warning dialog. I’ve been doing this for a few years now, and I have not encountered any problems. (Last time I had an issue with a memory cards was years ago. Of course, now that I’ve said that…)
p.4 #11 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
I have my drives/cards show on the desktop. I just hit F11 to show the desktop, right click the card, eject. Simple. Just pulling a card out is not a good idea. I have photomechanic set to eject the card after ingesting the images.
p.4 #12 · Mac users: do you "eject" your memory cards?
justashooter wrote:
I have my drives/cards show on the desktop. I just hit F11 to show the desktop, right click the card, eject. Simple. Just pulling a card out is not a good idea. I have photomechanic set to eject the card after ingesting the images.
The common wisdom has always been that “just pulling a card out is not a good idea,” but the question relates to whether there is any evidence that the common wisdom is right.
It is pretty clear that pulling a card while the computer is writing to it could create problems, but I haven’t seen any evidence that doing so while nothing is going on has any bad effects.
