Why is Erase below Eject in Finder Right Click?

I run a backup at night that I need to eject the disc when I get on the computer the next morning. While I will check if that's possible in the software, I have always found it weird Apple put the Erase Disc function below the Eject "Disc Name" function when you right click. Yesterday I accidentally clicked on it and I was able to cancel, though can anyone come up with a logical reason this has been like this for years?

Mac Studio (2022)

Posted on Sep 1, 2025 08:33 AM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2025 09:01 AM

Apple does what Apple does.

None of us users can say what the reasoning is.


I’ve found it just as easy to use the keyboard shortcut Command-E to eject a disk as to use the mouse or trackpad.

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Why is Erase below Eject in Finder Right Click?

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