The device seems to have eaten my disk and its not getting detected on my Macbook Air. Is there an alternate way to eject?
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to eject in macbook air, turn on finder, plug in the drive, wait for it to show up at the bottom of the finder, then to eject the disk in the drive, hit and hold "command" and enter the letter e, and it should eject. Any other time do the same thing to eject whatever you put into the drive. If you are using windows, go to "computer", right click on that drive after highlighting it, then the meno should give you the option to eject.
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I was able to eject by using the force eject command.... but it did not work every time... very frustrating i agree.. they really need to stop selling this
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Glad you asked. Did the same thing to my disc as well, you have to tear the entire thing apart if you want your disc back. =[
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This happened to me, hence my returning it and going with another drive.I simply unplugged then replugged the drive's USB cable, which made the drive eject the disc. You can also unplug the drive, put your air to sleep, then, with the air open, replug the drive. Failing that, you can look online at fora discussing this problem - there are commands you can try with your air; i didn't have to, so I can't speak to them.Good luck!
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OS X ejects the external drives when the computer goes to sleep, and pops up a warning when you return. Other than this annoying popup message, nobody has reported any actual problems. It's an OS X issue, not the fault of the card.
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I was using my slot disk for the Mac. I forgot what cable it it that you can use but I googled it and brought it on amazon. You can also just by a USB slot disk and connect it with your computer
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I did use this on a Mac. One thing to note is that the eject button on the unit would not respond, it had to be ejected through a Menu. With that said, it was before the operating changed to maverick
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No, it does not work at all and the instructions aren't even for a Mac, Stick with the apple USB Drive instead.
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I hadn't tried the provided software(i don't know which one was provided) as i had used OSXs Disk utility to clone/restore that. Hope that helps.
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I have the same mac and the data rescue worked with it. You need an other hard drive to down load the information too and the up load it back to the computer. I also got help at the apple genius bar in the store here in this town.
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Not really an eject button like the Apple superdrive. You don't slip the disk into the drive - you put into the drive's tray, cause the tray to go into the drive, which causes the disk to appear on the desktop. The button: 1. opens the drive's tray 2. Closes the tray 3. Opens the tray again when you want to remove the disk
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When in use my Mac reads that I unpluged or remover the drive without ejecting the drive first. In fact what is happening the CHEAP plastic usb housing is so lose that it slips and disconnects witch tell the computer that I unplugged it or did not eject it before ejecting it. It momentarily unmounts the quickly mounts aging,, unfortunately you lose the data you were transferring. Best to spend a few $$ and get something with a metal usb mount.
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Try restarting your computer with the usb plugged in. And if it does not work check your desktop for an icon of the keychain and double click on that. However if it doesn't work don't just unplug your device from the computer it could damage it. Go to "File" and look for an option that says "eject" and click that. I apologize if that is obvious to you but, I mention it just in case
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It's not so hard to remove the drive as Dante suggests. However, inerting the blade or screwdriver here and there will mark the case enough to prevent returns. Once inside the base, it can be removed and that allows you to crack the main case. Not much chance of getting it back unmarked though. Then you get the drive out. it is encased in a tin box. The rubber "feet" are actually screws. Remove them and you can probably get the drive out with the tinwork intact. Dunno. I had gone too far at that stage. Anyway, the drive is now running as an SATA drive in my mac, and since the box is USB 2, who cares if it does not work any more? Overall, the drive is probably less bought at a discount store than one bought at trade price as a bare drive. The difference is the warranty. The markings on the drive say clearly it is an OEM drive and has to be returned to the OEMer. HTH
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i bought it to replace the hard drive for my 120GB zune. and it didn't work. i don't know if it will work for your macbook air, sorry.
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Very interesting! I talked to the company today and they insisted there must be something wrong with my USB port. So, I called Apple and they suggested I bring my macbook in to have the USB ports checked out. After reading your post, I think I'll cancel the appointment. By the way - do all the Flip models have the same USB connector? Rhonda
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What happens if it "fails"? Did I get a bad drive?I made the mistake of setting the security to "overwrite with zeros" it ran for 11 hours then failed.Now erasing with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" doesn't work.
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Not quite sure as I recently replaced my harddrive on my mac with the exact same one that I had in it before. Maybe contacting Seagate directly might be a better alternative.
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You may need to format it, first. On Mac OS X, run Disk Utility. If it does not show up in Disk Utility, something is wrong.
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I just ordered this June 2nd and I have the new 13.3" Macbook Pro with Retina. This thing did not work for me and now I can't get a CD I put into it ejected. That would be because it's a piece of crap, not the laptop.