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Bug 615320 - Right click on a mounted USB icon shows "Unmount", "Eject" and "Safely remove drive"
Right click on a mounted USB icon shows "Unmount", "Eject" and "Safely remove...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 598690
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-04-09 18:52 UTC by Dejan Čabrilo
Modified: 2010-04-30 08:39 UTC
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Description Dejan Čabrilo 2010-04-09 18:52:47 UTC 
This is valid for both desktop and sidebar panel (places). 

When I insert a USB stick into the machine, I get an icon on the desktop. Neat. Right clicking on it, I get three options to unmount it: 

"Unmount", "Eject" and "Safely remove drive"

To the best of my understanding, all three options do exactly the same. 

It's both confusing (Google for "unmount" "eject" "Safely remove drive" and you'll see a lot of people asking for what the difference is) and cluttering to have three items doing the same thing.

I can see the difference and need for "Unmount" and "Eject" for a CD, though I still don't suppose that an average user would want to unmount a CD without ejecting it. 

Is there any chance to consolidate these three items into a single one? 

Thanks
Comment 1 Yann 2010-04-12 16:21:57 UTC 
Confirmed on Lucid beta2 by several French users, sometimes not 3 but 2 options (Eject, and Safely Remove Drive). Only 1 option is sufficient for a normal user.
Advanced users who need to play with partitions can use a specific tool/applet...

Furthermore, I can't believe that in 2010 we still need to click somewhere before unplugging an USB key ! 
The system should just warn if the user unplugged the device too soon saying "You unplugged the device but there are still operations remaining. Please re-plug the device, or operations will be cancelled."
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-04-30 08:39:02 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 598690 ***