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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1932509" data-attributes="member: 396914">No, Spotlight cannot be turned off, but I don't think it is the culprit. If there are background processes that Photos starts that expects the library to be available, those process are the ones holding up the eject process. I suspect that one of them is the function that identifies people and things in your image set so that you can search for them in Photos. I just looked at my own system and I see two processes that I suspect are associated with Photos--photoanalysisd and photolibraryd. Those are probably not the only ones, either, but those two are very likely to be holding up the drive, if I wanted to eject it.I don't know what to suggest for you, other than the advice you alread found, which is to keep the drive with the library attached. Another is to try shutting down the Mac, which closes all processes, detach the drive, and reboot. The shutdown, if it succeeds, protects your data better than a force quit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1932509, member: 396914"] No, Spotlight cannot be turned off, but I don't think it is the culprit. If there are background processes that Photos starts that expects the library to be available, those process are the ones holding up the eject process. I suspect that one of them is the function that identifies people and things in your image set so that you can search for them in Photos. I just looked at my own system and I see two processes that I suspect are associated with Photos--[I]photoanalysisd[/I] and [I]photolibraryd. [/I]Those are probably not the only ones, either, but those two are very likely to be holding up the drive, if I wanted to eject it. I don't know what to suggest for you, other than the advice you alread found, which is to keep the drive with the library attached. Another is to try shutting down the Mac, which closes all processes, detach the drive, and reboot. The shutdown, if it succeeds, protects your data better than a force quit. [/QUOTE]

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