Disk is currently being used by another application - Big Sur Issues https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:05:10 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Disk is currently being used by another application https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/#post-15459 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:44:54 +0000 @softraid-support That was the problem.  Thanks!

]]> Big Sur Issues steigw https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/#post-15459 RE: Disk is currently being used by another application https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/#post-15458 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:20:07 +0000 Something is using the disk. I suspect you cannot unmount it?

Maybe try force unmount it first, then you can initialize/zero the disk.

]]> Big Sur Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/#post-15458 Disk is currently being used by another application https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/disk-is-currently-being-used-by-another-application/#post-15457 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:01:59 +0000 Hello, I'm on macOS 11.6.5 (big sur) and have installed Softraid lite 6.2.1.  I'm unable to initialize a disk, getting an error message that the disk is currently being used by another application.  I saw that this is a known issue for 6.2.1 and the work around is choose Disk / Zero sectors and then choose the option for first and last 100 sectors.  However when I do that, I get the same error message that the zero's can't be written because the disk is in use by another application.  How can I proceed?

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