Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
- Subject: Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
- From: Rowland Carson via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 13:51:23 +0100
At least one other would like to see that script - please post to the list!
> On 2022-05-23, at 13:00, Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi, Christian--
>
> Thanks for the offer. Yes, I would appreciate your sending me a copy of your
> script to eject all disks. I would love to study it.
>
> --Gil
>
>
>> On May 22, 2022, at 6:32 PM, Christian Boyce <email@hidden
>> <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gill. I have the same sort of set up and what I’ve done is make an Apple
>> script that ejects all external discs and then says, out loud, “it’s OK to
>> disconnect your Mac. Everything has been ejected.“ I trigger that
>> Applescript with a keyboard shortcut, wait for the message, and then
>> disconnect everything. Your idea sounds very clever and if it works, I might
>> do the same. In the meantime, this works for me. I don’t have the script
>> handy as I am not at my desk but I can send it to you if you want. I can’t
>> remember whether I used the finder or disk utility to unmount the disks.
>>
>> —
>> Christian Boyce
>> 424-354-3548
>>
>>> On May 22, 2022, at 5:38 PM, Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users
>>> <email@hidden
>>> <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I use my MacBook Pro away from my desk a lot. When it's at my desk, I
>>> plug it in to power, a big screen, my phone and a back-up disk. To take it
>>> away, I have to wait until the back-up disk finishes ejecting before I can
>>> remove all the plugs. Not a big chore, but I'm thinking that maybe I could
>>> eliminate that wait, in many cases, with an AppleScript.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of writing an AppleScript to Eject the back-up disk then
>>> re-mount it when it's time to perform the next back-up. Something like the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> Every so often...
>>>
>>> If the back-up disk is mounted T T T T F F F F
>>> If Time Machine is busy with a backup T T F F T T F F
>>> If the last backup was less than two hours ago T F T F T F T F
>>>
>>> (Shouldn't Happen) * *
>>> Put a warning on the screen Y Y Y Y
>>> Take the warning off the screen Y Y
>>>
>>> Mount the Back-up Disk Y Y
>>> Eject the Back-up Disk Y Y
>>>
>>> My questions are:
>>>
>>> 1. Has this been done, perhaps with an AppleScript or an app?
>>>
>>> 2. The warning is to tell me that the back-up disk is busy, so don't pull
>>> the plug.
>>> Used to once was, the Time Machine icon in the menu bar would twirl
>>> backwards.
>>> Now what would be a good warning? Turn the desktop red?
>>>
>>> 3. I'll need actual code to implement the primitives in the above decision
>>> table.
>>> Has anyone done any of these?
>>>
>>> I'm looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
>>>
>>> --Gil
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