Jettison 1.9.7 for macOS

Menu bar controls let you kick every connected drive to the curb with a single click, or just pick off the one you're done with. That same spot in the menu bar is also where Jettison lives while it handles the real job: cleaning up your external disks when the Mac nods off and politely putting them back when it wakes up. The 1.9.7 update smooths out a few rough edges with the drive count display and fixes a stuck state that could happen during rapid back-to-back ejects and remounts.

Good for you if

• You want your external disks ejected automatically before sleep and remounted after wake so you don't have to think about it.
• You keep Time Machine backups or file server volumes connected and need them handled properly before the machine powers down.
• You like having menu bar controls to eject all disks at once, or pick and choose individual volumes.
• You want to tell the app exactly which disk types it should work with.

Macs and macOS versions that can run it

• It runs on Intel 64-bit Macs.
• Your macOS needs to be version 10.13 or newer.
• The interface comes in English and French.

A stuck disk stalls the eject

Most hiccups come down to a disk that simply refuses to let go. If the progress window hangs, something is keeping a file open — a document you forgot to close, a Quick Look preview still running, or even a Terminal session whose working directory is on that drive. Shut the app that's holding on, and Jettison will finish the job. The 1.9.7 update helps here: when the app spots a blocking program, you'll now see a Quit button right in the alert instead of just a message naming the culprit.

Another oddity people sometimes mention when they look up jettison for mac cracked or just search for jettison mac tips is that a newly formatted drive doesn't show up in the menu bar. Give it a minute — Jettison picks up freshly connected volumes on its own, but the first scan after plugging in can lag a few seconds. If a Time Machine disk won't remount after wake, check that it's still physically connected; a loose cable or a hub that powers down during sleep is usually the real villain, not the app. The menu bar drive count, which version 1.9.7 keeps more responsive, makes it easy to spot whether the disk was even seen after wake.

Dock to go without disk warnings

Laptop users who shuttle between a desk setup and a coffee shop. You dock at home with a Time Machine drive and a big external monitor, close the lid to head out, and don't want the "disk not ejected properly" nag hanging over your morning. Jettison macos users in this camp tend to have two or three externals that live on the desk full-time.

Photographers and video editors with multiple project drives benefit too. You're not ejecting four Lacie disks by hand every time you step away. Musicians running sample libraries off external SSDs — same deal. The sweet spot is anyone whose Mac sees the same set of drives day after day; set the exemption list once and the utility fades into the background.

Version 1.9.7 cleans up a few bugs and makes the menu bar drive count snappier. It also fixes a tricky spot where the app could get stuck and refuse to eject volumes during a quick flurry of eject and remount commands. A new Quit button now appears when a blocking app is found, so you're not left guessing what's holding things up.

• macOS 10.13 or newer
• Intel 64-bit processor
• Interface languages: English, French