Shutting down from bootable external drive

[e93to]

I cloned my iMac to an external harddrive. And yesterday I booted into the external harddrive to perform some tasks. After I was finished, I realized I didn't know how to properly shut down.... So I just shut down the computer by clicking "shut down."

Should there have been a special procedure before shutting down? (ie, ejecting the external drive)

Thanks in advance

 

[CoastalOR]

You did it correctly. You were booted from the external HD, so the proper way to shut down was to select shut down from the menu, just as you did.

 

[ocabj]

You wouldn't have been able to eject the external drive before shutdown since it was the boot volume.

 

[e93to]

Aha. Thanks for the replies. Was worried since the external drive made some noise as the iMac shut down.

Again, I appreciate your insight!