Used Ejector for Mac?
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By Jeb-Soft
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- GENERAL
- Release
- Latest update
- Version
- 0.9.0
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Platform
- Mac
- Operating System
- Mac OS X 10.5
- Mac OS X 10.4
- Mac OS X 10.6
- Mac OS X
- Additional Requirements
- None
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- 1,613
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4.5/5
13 User Votes
really great
Fred_4- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />program, but it needs to be updated for Snowleopard. Doesn't work with the force eject feature of the new OS.
fast and simple
baturjan- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've been using this for an hour, and it's just what I've wanted for a long time. I'm constantly mounting and unmounting drives (flash and hard drives). Yes, it does eject all partitions on a disk at once, but that's not an issue for me. You just need to remember this. It's a lot quicker than going to the Finder every time you have to unmount a drive. It also unmounts volumes faster than the Finder.
Simply does what it says but there's one caveat
tesler- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />After you have made Ejector a Login Item (using System Preferences > Account) or double-clicked its icon to launch it, an eject icon appears in your menu bar. The attractive menu contains four groups of items, separated by horizontal lines: (1) your iDisk; inserted optical drives (2) volumes on attached disks; mounted disk images (3) Eject All (4) Donate; Quit Every volume is listed by name along with its icon. Pick a volume from the menu and that volume is unmounted. If it's a slot-loaded optical disk, the disk is physically ejected. The behavior is as if you had gone to the Finder, found the volume listed in the DEVICES pane, and clicked its eject icon. With two exceptions: (1) Inconsequential. If a volume is mounted while you are displaying the menu, you won't see it listed in the menu until you release the mouse button and press it again. It's correct behavior for a menu, just different from the Finder DEVICES pane. (2) Potentially problematic. If a drive contains multiple volumes, ejecting one volume using Ejector unmounts them all. In most cases, this is what I want. But occasionally not. In the Finder DEVICES pane, clicking a volume-eject icon causes an alert box to appear asking you whether to eject that volume or all volumes on the drive. A competing product, DocJector, always unmounts only the volume you chose. Some may prefer that behavior. But DocJector has its own minor problems. See my review of DocJector.
Works as advertised
alby_williams- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Nice little solution for a problem that bugged me more and more every time I acquired another hard drive. Sits quietly in the menu bar and does what it says it will. Seems to work okay on 10.5.1 and G4 PPC, not sure what's causing the grief of users below. As for unscrewing the case and removing the drive to shake a stuck CD out of the drive... um, you do that. I don't think the app is really intended as a can-eject-all solution for stuck CDs. If you just wanna unmount your drives without having to open a finder window, Ejector's your guy. Thanks dev.
Great Appp
Tony Silveira- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I have it installed in all my Macs. Great little application!
Crashes on startup on Intel...
rampancy- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Just hangs when I click on the icon - and then it crashes. This happens only if I try to use it after starting up (i.e. if I have it set to load at login).
Great App Thanks
dtgordon25_dotmac- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />IT IS DIFFERENT than the OS X menu extra. OS X's menu extra only opens the drive tray(or trays) Ejector on the other hand will not only eject your disc drive tary but also any mounted volumes you have including your iPod or any other disk image.
Ejector 0.7.1 now works with Jaguar (10.2.8).
ahem!- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I corresponded with the developer regarding crashes on Jaguar. He was quick to reply and just as quick to work on a fix. The big commercial companies could learn a thing or two from this example, imo. Thanks to the author for a snazzy little app and terrific support. I highly recommend Ejector (for whatever my opinion is worth). ;-) ahem!
Eject? You Bet!
macateer- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Nice stable utility. Thanks!
Ejector vs Eject.menu
John Sawyer- Pros
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- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />MaxGuru says: <<You can also drag the file: /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu to the menu>> He means to the Startup Items menu in the Accounts prefpane, not into the menu bar. Also, Apple's Eject.menu app only ejects the optical drive tray (whether or not it contains a disk, which is nice), but Ejector lets you select what to eject from its menu--you can select any mounted item. However, Ejector doesn't have a separate command to eject an empty optical drive tray.