Disk NotE Ejected Properly

Even though I right click and eject my external SSD or throw the driver into the trash, a notification always pops up when I plug my SSD in again. It does not say that it has not been ejected properly when I unplug it so that's good but every time I plug it back in I get that error. I want to believe it is no big deal but I want to make sure what is wrong and what I can do about it. I know unplugging an external SSD improperly can be damaging and I want to make sure I keep my SSD in good shape. Thanks in advance!

Are you using the drive, with only this one Mac PC, or are you using it with multiple PC's, or with multiple OS's? What Mac model are you using it with? How is the drive formatted?

The next time you plug in the drive, restart the Mac, with the drive mounted.

throw the driver into the trash

Click to expand...

What does that mean? What driver are you talking about? If you meant the drive icon, then putting in the trash is a good way to unmount the drive. But SSDs should not require a separate driver to operate in macOS.

I assumed that he meant dragging the drive icon into the trash to eject it. If that is what's being done that should be OK.

MacInWin said:

What does that mean? What driver are you talking about? If you meant the drive icon, then putting in the trash is a good way to unmount the drive. But SSDs should not require a separate driver to operate in macOS.

Click to expand...

Yeah that's what I meant. But every time I plug my SSD back into my computer, that notification always pops. I just want to make sure I'm ejecting properly.

My SSD might be defected because this notification always pops up.

I have no problems utilizing the SSD. I just have worries because every time I reconnect my SSD I get that notification.

I have never ejected a disk or drive by moving it to the trash, so I am curious too if you would need to empty the trash before removing the device?

Jape said:

I have never ejected a disk or drive by moving it to the trash, so I am curious too if you would need to empty the trash before removing the device?

Click to expand...

No, you don't.

jseo said:

I have no problems utilizing the SSD. I just have worries because every time I reconnect my SSD I get that notification.

Click to expand...

Keep the SSD attached to your Mac and with it attached, reboot your Mac. After the Mac reboots and the desktop appears, eject the drive. The try attaching the drive again to see if the notice goes away. If it doesn't, the drive likely has problems.