
It’s best to make a copy of the data on your external drive - as they say, a “backup of your backups”! Like any other hardware device, an external hard drive will fail sooner or later. Then, you can safely unplug the device and put it in a safe place. Instead, go back to the main desktop, locate the volume that your external hard drive represents, right-click and select Eject.


When the backup procedure is completed, don’t rush to disconnect your device as this could cause potential disk problems.

After about an hour and a half, it says only 15 minutes remaining Step 5: Eject your external drive and unplug it.
