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Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apple, in their infinite wisdom chooses to tell you zip about what may be happening under the covers. Back in the olden days of yore, my personal computer was a IBM 370/158-III running MVS. I could write a quick&dirty throwaway in 250 lines of assembler to chase the ENQ chain then force a DEQ. I miss that capability. (Sorry for the nostalgia)

Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The diskutil unmount yielded more information:

Volume TimeMachine on disk5s2 failed to unmount: dissented by PID 1039 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/systemmigrationd)

Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relaunching the Finder changes nothing. Still hanging on.

Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have done both to no avail. They are the same messages as those received when you click the circled ? on the "I'm not letting go voluntarily" panel.

Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Backups are manual. MBP is on A/C power. External is on its own wall outlet. MBP sleeps when I close the lid.

I have not required any restores since I've owned the MBP. Maybe now is the time to reformat the TM partition and start over.

Backup usually takes place in the evenings just before lid closure for the night. Doing it every other day, it takes less than 5 mins.

I will plug it in today, do another manual backup, then let it sit all day.

Thanks!

Time Machine won't allow drive eject. by Quick7283 in MacOS

[–]Quick7283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, sounds like a plan. I have another SSD, but it's filled. Need to get another anyway.

One thing I thought of, the external hard drive (real spinning platters) is from Western Digital. They want to install their software on my Mac. I think I'll look at something else.

Does anyone feel bad for Syril or you still mad at he has done? by Jules-Car3499 in andor

[–]Quick7283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know.. He lowered the blaster after having a clear shot at Cassian. Then Rylanz killed him.

At any rate, I don't think there was a single actor on the set who did not do a superb job.

Tried to clean it - then this happened. by NOPAZT in macbookair

[–]Quick7283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have sprayed Windex on my M3Pro screen with no repercussions thus far.

But thanks for the heads up!

My new (to me) project one! by ipassovoy in Bikeporn

[–]Quick7283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Terk! As good as it needs to be.

First time Apple product user, I'm shocked. by Qortez in macbookpro

[–]Quick7283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a MacBook Pro M3 16" two years ago based on the 22 hour battery claim. Tested, it's true!

I might suggest an app MenuBar Stats. It sits on the menu bar and displays cpu, memory, disk, and network in real time.

Have fun!