Ejecting SD card on MacBook Air

I am obviously using a converter, since Apple co. Is dumb enough to not have the proper input for an SD card.. but anyway, it kept not ejecting and only giving me the option to force eject the SD card.


I did some digging and saw that if you have anything running, even if it’s “Finder”, that you may have issues with ejecting. I had everything else closed (I quit out of everything else, but Finder was still running and in turn “using” the SD card reader.)


I went to the spot where you can re-launch Finder (it doesn’t say force quit, only re-launch, I tried re-launching it three times and the SD card still would not eject properly.


I also am very confused why Finder has to be running all the time and why it doesn’t give you the option of force quitting Finder. I think this seems to be an overlook on Apple’s part into why this is such an issue.


Please help me with my new computer

iPhone 12

Posted on Feb 3, 2025 11:54 AM

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Feb 3, 2025 06:29 PM in response to Samallama482

Just pull the card out if you want to. Let the Finder complain. If it results in data corruption so be it. Most SD cards have a write protect switch to prevent that from happening, but suffice it to say any storage device can suffer data corruption. That's what Time Machine is for.


I also am very confused why Finder has to be running all the time


The Finder is not exactly the same as an iPhone's Home Screen, but it's comparable to it. It's what remains when you quit everything else. The fact it remains largely unchanged (superficially that is) from the Macintosh's inception four decades ago is a curiosity. It probably won't be around much longer.

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