unplugging ethernet hangs macbook

[whyrichard]

Hello!


why is it, that when my macbook pro is connected through ethernet to my pc, and i unplug the ethernet cord before ejecting the connection, it takes forever for the spinning beach ball to stop?!

its frustrating!


r.

 

[gman71882]

If you have anything mounted: Flash Drive, External HD, another computer. You Must Eject it before uplugging your cables.
Most devices are not Hot swappable: The Mac is communicating with it, not actually transfering files but just keeping the connection open.

You can sometimes screw up the file structure of devices/drives by not ejecting them. Ive had to reformat my ipod & an External HD due to this. It only takes a few times before you Permanently remember to eject everything.

There is an easy keystroke: Highlight the Mounted item and press
Command-E to eject. (Apple-E)

i remember that the older versions of OS X caused the beachball alot: If you have 10.4 it usually handles a connection disruption better and recovers much quicker.