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Another method of ejecting mounted volumes Desktop
If you insert a CD or connect an external FireWire hard disk (or mount a DMG file), you can eject it in many ways. You can select it and press Command+E, drag it to the trash, or Control-click on its icon on the desktop and choose Eject from the menu.

I just discovered yet another way to eject mounted devices. You can Control-click on any part of the CDs or HDs open window and choose Eject from the menu that appears.

[Editor's note: After playing with this a bit, I'm not sure if it's a feature or a bug! On my system, if I control-click on the whitespace of a mounted device's top-level window, then I get an "Eject" menu. But if I drill down below the top-level folder, the Eject menu is gone. Quite odd, but still good to know this trick, especially for mounted DMGs.]
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Definitely a feature
Authored by: PsiPhi on Nov 21, '02 12:22:21PM

This is most definitely a feature. The reason it is there on a top-level window's whitespace is because for all intents and purposes that whitespace is functionally equivalent to the icon of the disk (which also gives an eject CM item). The reason it is NOT there on a sub-folder's whitespace is because that is functionally equivalent to the icon of the folder you are in, not the disk itself. You can't eject a folder, but you can move it to the trash - assuming you've got write access and you "own" the folder and it's contents.



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Definitely a feature
Authored by: robarmo on Nov 21, '02 06:44:07PM

I agree, and its a useful feature too! I first noticed it when I was using the "get info" CM command in icon view, which is also useful. Simply control-click white space in a window to get info on the drive/folder you are currently in, instead of having to go back up a level.

No doubt many people have noticed these already, and maybe like me never even thought them worthy of submitting, but sometimes its the little hints that turn out the most useful in everyday use.

Rob.



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It's not enough!
Authored by: ~Coxy on Nov 21, '02 07:25:17PM

Give us back Command+Y, dammit!<p>It's been the main reason why I'm less productive in OS X: "Command+Y, oh damn, they took that out, didn't they."



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It's not enough!
Authored by: swilcox on Nov 21, '02 07:48:08PM

Well the function is still there -- it's now Cmd-E (for eject).



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