You can also just do a command-e on the volume on the desktop to eject it. Note that some volumes take a few seconds to completely unmount and eject, so don't pull the jump drive out right away. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:25 AM, George B <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eject is to eject a disk from the c d drive. > To eject jump drives and etc. you need to highlite the item and then do > control option shift spacebar and you get a menu and arrow to eject and do a > control option spacebar and it will be gone and you can remove it from the u > s b or in case of a disk image it will just be gone. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind- >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jenny Keller >> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 06:23 >> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [mac4theblind] ejecting jump drives and other stuff >> >> Hi, >> >> I pressed the eject button to eject my jump drive and then I removed >> it. >> >> Te machine complained that I needed to eject devices before removing >> them. >> >> I'm confused. What did I do wrong? >> >> Jenny >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any >> changes to their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx