how to safely unmount disk and turn off external enclosures - Using Docks and Third Party Enclosures https://forums.softraid.com/docks-third-party-enclosures/how-to-safely-unmount-disk-and-turn-off-external-enclosures/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:40:14 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: how to safely unmount disk and turn off external enclosures https://forums.softraid.com/docks-third-party-enclosures/how-to-safely-unmount-disk-and-turn-off-external-enclosures/#post-23793 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:23:08 +0000 My preference is what you thought, unmount, wait a minute (or until no more lights flashing, then power off or shutdown.
SAhutting down should be enough, but sometimes MacOS shuts down before drives have a chance to flush the last data to disk.

]]> Using Docks and Third Party Enclosures SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/docks-third-party-enclosures/how-to-safely-unmount-disk-and-turn-off-external-enclosures/#post-23793 how to safely unmount disk and turn off external enclosures https://forums.softraid.com/docks-third-party-enclosures/how-to-safely-unmount-disk-and-turn-off-external-enclosures/#post-23792 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:06:16 +0000 Hi, I have two thunderbolt-2 drive enclosures, a AKiTiO Thunder2 Quad SATA Storage Enclosure, and a OWC  ThunderBay IV 4-Bay enclosure. 

I was wondering what would be the safe way to turn off the enclosures.  I considered using the dock ejector software, but that also ejects attached USB drives as well that I want to remain connected. 

If I go to softraid, unmount all the volumes, wait 1 minute and the turn off the enclosures with the physical power switch, is that safe?  Or should I shut down the computer first and then turn off the enclosures?

 

Thanks!

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