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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Jim Campbell</name>
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<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-10-09" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<desc>Eject or unmount a USB flash drive, CD, DVD, or other device.</desc>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<p>When you use external storage devices like USB flash drives, you
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should safely remove them before unplugging them. If you just unplug
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a device, you run the risk of unplugging while an application is still
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using it, which could result in some of your files being lost or damaged.
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When you use an optical disc like a CD or DVD, you can use the same steps to eject
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the disc from your computer.</p>
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using it. This could result in some of your files being lost or damaged.
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When you use an optical disc like a CD or DVD, you can use the same steps
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to eject the disc from your computer.</p>
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<item><p>From the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, open <app>Files</app>.</p></item>
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<title>To eject a removable device:</title>
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<item><p>From the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, open <app>Files</app>.</p>
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<item><p>Locate the device in the sidebar. It should have a small
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eject icon next to the name. Click the eject icon to safely
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remove or eject the device.</p></item>
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remove or eject the device.</p>
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<p>Alternately, you can right-click the name of the device in the sidebar
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and select <gui>Eject</gui>.</p></item>
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<p>Alternately, you can right-click the device and select either
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<gui>Eject</gui> or <gui>Safely Remove Drive</gui>. USB drives can't
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be physically ejected, so for these devices, there is no difference
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between <gui>Eject</gui> and <gui>Safely Remove Drive</gui>.</p>
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<p>If any of the files on the device are open and in use by an application, you
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will not be able to safely remove the device. You will be prompted with a
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window telling you that "the volume is busy", and listing all the open files
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<section id="remove-busy-device">
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<title>Safely remove a device that is in use</title>
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<p>If any of the files on the device are open and in use by an application,
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you will not be able to safely remove the device. You will be prompted with a
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window telling you that "the volume is busy," and listing all the open files
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on the device. Once you close all the files on the device, the device
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will automatically be safe to remove (so you can unplug or eject it).</p>
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<p>You can also choose <gui>Unmount Anyway</gui> to remove the device
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without closing the files. This can cause errors in applications that
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have those files open.</p>
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will automatically be safe to remove. At that time you can unplug or eject it.
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<p>If you can't close one of the files, for example if the application
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using the file is locked up, you can right-click the file in the
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<gui>Volume is busy</gui> window and select <gui>End Process</gui>.
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This will force the entire locked up application to close, which could close
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other files you have open with that application.</p>
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<note style="warning"><p>You can also choose <gui>Unmount Anyway</gui> to
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remove the device without closing the files. This may cause errors in
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applications that have those files open.</p></note>
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