[G4] "Disk in use" Shared volume won't disconnect

Dale Hoffman dhoff at margnat.com
Sun Sep 26 17:56:45 PDT 2004


>  >From "Dale Hoffman" <dhoff at margnat.com> on 9/24/04 12:44 PM:
>
>>  When transferring a file to another computer (both OSX, ethernet),
>>  sometimes I can't break the connection without restarting one of the
>>  computers. When I drag the shared volume to the trash I get the
>>  message "The operation could not be completed because the disk is in
>>  use".
>>
>>  What is keeping the connection open? I've shut down all applications
>>  on both computers and still get the "Disk in use" warning.
>
>Try quitting the Finder.
>

Jim,

Thanks, that did it.

I always looked at the "Relaunch" button you get when you choose 
Finder in "Force Quit" and thought that it would restart the 
computer, which I already knew would break the connection between 
shared volumes. Now I know different.

DaleH


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