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Basicly I have now a hard disc on firewire, but for some reason or another it won't unmount when I shut down the computer and keeps spinning after the computer is off. I could probably resolve this with new drivers etc. But I really can not be bothered to find the problem. Unmounting manualy still works and that is what I currently do. I press Command + Y after higlighting the disc to unmount it. But I would like to make an apple script do it for me (I'm lazy). But recording one doesn't work. What do i need to put in the applescript? Thanks.
"I can't be bothered to find the problem."
So you make *US* do your work for you?
You do realise that writing an AppleScript will take about twice as long as getting the right drivers, don't you?
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An applescript example of what I need.
tell application "Finder"
activate
select disk "Disc 2"
---unmount command here---
end tellDoesn't look like it would take to long to me. And do you not think i've searched for the drivers? I have. I couldn't find any. So I gave up. And I couldn't be bothered to try and find them again. Applescript is a much easier option. Even if you don't think so.
And I don't want you to do it for me. I've already done it except for the command needed to unmount the drive. Like I said before recording doesn't work. So is someone going to tell me the command or what? Please?
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A standard *nix unmount oughta do it.
Is this FireWire hard disk attached to the stock FireWire bus or an add-in card?
What brand is the enclosure?p
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I dunno. I just bought it off a friend, its only a 5 gig, I use it to keep all my photos and pictures on it. I just stuck it into the firewire port on the side of my iMac. Even though its a small deal its bloody annoying if someone else uses my mac and doesn't unmount it when the shutdown. I walk in to hear this high pitched whining... most of the time I just turn the thing off. But it would be nice to get the applescript to do it for me.
And... whats a *nix unmount? How would I right that down in the script?
just
tell application "Finder"
activate
select disk "Disc 2"
*nix unmount
end tell?Thanks for the help so far by the way, even though you may find me unbearably lazy.
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Right, but you need to know what specific volume you're unmounting. Something like /dev/ and then a descriptor of the volume to be unmounted.
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