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 ...

A USB flash drive is a reliable way to transfer files between PCs, back up important data, or even test out different operating systems. While most USB flash drives can last over a decade, their ...

I have a 13" 2010 Macbook Pro and I recently tried to do the optibay upgrade. My problem is that I bought an external enclosure for my superdrive, specifically this one: It seems to work fine, I ...

[[john]] One of the pet peeves I raised during our AppStories episode about what the Mac could learn from the iPad is how the two platforms handle the removal of external storage differently. With an ...

There's a shut down button. Shut down and disconnect the external drive. Or ssh in and diskutil unmount. Dunno about a button.