Jenny,Theoreticly, in Windows you should have gone to the system tray, and then to safely remove hardware, but no one these days does that. I! don't even do it. I should, but, I confess, I don't.
The bottom line is, yeah, the Mac indeed is way less forgiving about that, so try to be careful. If you do forget, don't pannick. It's not the end of the world, but just know if you do it enough, you may wind up having to repare the disk permissions, but, we'll cross that bridge later if we need to down the road.
Bottom line is, yeah, any time you insert a CD/DVD/flash drive/external drive etc. always always always do your best to remember to highlight it in the desktop, and then hit command+E to eject it.
Then! you can safely remove it.Don't worry. I was where you're at at one point when I switched OS's. So, don't feel bad. These little quote unquote: quirks, will take some getting used to, but once you do, you'll remember them now like I do so second nature you won't even think about it. Don't be discouraged. You're doing a great job for what it's worth.
Chris.----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:19 PMSubject: [mac4theblind] Re: imported a CD and it's now on my desktop, how do I fix it?
that's good to know too.I think I had seen that, but I had forgotten to eject it last time I used a USB drive, and my Mac was quick to tell me that I shouldn't do that.
Just another quirk of the Mac that I have to learn.I have never had to eject before I just disconnected a USB drive before. Smile.
Jenny On May 15, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
It's important to also note here, that any time you plug a USB flash drive or external hard drive, or say a firewire for that mind external hard drive in, it too will get mounted, until you eject and unmount it.Chris.----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Guerra" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 1:48 PMSubject: [mac4theblind] Re: imported a CD and it's now on my desktop, how do I fix it?Jenny-When you insert a cd in to the Mac, it appears on your finder/desktop as itis a media in a declared removable media drive, (CD Drive) HTH Stephen Guerra Assistive Technology and Technical Operations Specialist Independent living aids, LLC 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, New York 11753-2341 Phone: 800.537.2118 Direct: 516.450.3817 Fax: 516.450.3842 E-mail: stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web sites: www.independentliving.com www.soundbytes.com -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jenny Keller Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:46 PM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [mac4theblind] Re: imported a CD and it's now on my desktop, how doI fix it? Nope that's not what I did at all. I just put the CD into the Mac, hoping it would play it, it asked me if I wanted to import it into I tunes, I went to the yes box, clicked it, and there you go.I don't see it anymore on the desktop, so I guess when I took it out of theMac, it disappeared from the desktop. thanks for all your help. Jenny On May 15, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:No, if it's not in the mac then you do literally have a copy of it on thedesktop as you initially stated.Wow! That's bizarre! Again, I need to know more what you did and how youwent about importing the disc, as I have a very strong suspicion you just copied the disc with command+C then pasted it where ever.That definitely won't work for importing discs, if that's what you did. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:25 AMSubject: [mac4theblind] Re: imported a CD and it's now on my desktop, howdo I fix it?I do that even though the CD is ejected and no longer in the Mac? Jenny On May 15, 2012, at 9:46 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:when you are sitting on it on the desktop, press command-e to eject it. On May 15, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Jenny Keller wrote: I imported a CD and it's now on my desktop. I only want it in I tunes,so what do I do?It's probably a simple answer, but I want to make sure I don't make amistake.Thanks. 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