I'll do that if I use Disks for this in the future.Īlso, when using only Backintime, if I plug in the external drive, perform a Backintime backup, then select the mounted partition in Nemo and right click and choose "Safely Remove Drive", it unmounts, spins down, and is safe to unplug, which is good, but I usually run both Backintime and Timeshift. Thank you as well, linux-rox, that is a better way to do it using Disks. This is the kind of info I was looking for. With its current behaviour you can end up with the same partition mounted in two different places in the filesystem at the same time.Īha! Very interesting, thank you, AndyMH. Perhaps too strong to call it a bug, but timeshift should use an existing mount point if present rather than insisting on mounting the destination partition itself. Unmounting /media/ultrabay still leaves it mounted at /run/timeshift/backup.
#Could not unmount disk wd passport software
In each case, the WD Security software replaces the. I have my backup drive mounted at /media/ultrabay, but timeshift also mounts it at /run/timeshift/backup. You will have to do this even if you do not have the My Passport software installed on your computer. Is there a way to change an OS setting somewhere so Nemo's "Safely remove drive" works without me having to manually unmount it in the Disks application?Īfter I run a Timeshift backup, I then cannot simply right-click on the mounted volume in Nemo's left-hand menu and select "Safely remove drive", or else it will tell me that something is still "using the drive"īecause timeshift still has it mounted. Not sure why this is going on, but it's been like this since I got the drive a few months ago. If I haven't run Timeshift (and/or Backintime) I don't have to do this, however. Step 5: Click the unmount button in the toolbar or beside the disk set name. Step 4: In the Disk-Utility app, select the disk that you want to unmount in the sidebar. Step 3: Double-click on the Disk Utility icon. Step 2: Type Disk Utility in the search field. So I have to go into the Disks application, select the external drive, select the partition, click Unmount, enter my password, then go back to Nemo and right click on the mount point and choose "Safely remove drive". Step 1: Click on the Spotlight icon from the menu bar. I have a WD external drive (USB3) that I use for backups and I have it set so that when I plug it in I have to manually select the partition to mount in Nemo (this avoids some other mounting-related Nemo popups and headaches and I'm fine with it).Īfter I run a Timeshift backup, I then cannot simply right-click on the mounted volume in Nemo's left-hand menu and select "Safely remove drive", or else it will tell me that something is still "using the drive" (which isn't the case since I've closed Timeshift at this point and no other applications are using the external drive).