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Safe Drive Ejector

Safe Drive Ejector is a lightweight, open-source menu bar and utility app built specifically for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel).

Complete macOS Menu Bar Card UI featuring real-time external drive status, one-click mount/unmount, sleep timers, and deep sleep controls.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Platforms

  • Mac  Requires macOS 12.0 or later. Universal binary for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) & Intel. Installable via Homebrew: brew install --cask siraj-bd/tap/safe-drive-ejector
Drive Status & Selector section showing live connected external disks with individual drive indicators and quick status overview.
Quick action controls: batch Mount/Unmount buttons, Finder access, custom idle sleep timers, audio/visual alerts, and Eject Now.
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Automation & Safety settings: Start at Login, Pre-Sleep auto-eject gate, Process Lock detector, and automatic GitHub update checker.
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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Dark Mode

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What is Safe Drive Ejector?

Safe Drive Ejector is a lightweight, open-source menu bar and utility app built specifically for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel).

It prevents data corruption and eliminates the frustrating "Disk Not Ejected Properly" notifications by safely flushing filesystem caches and cleanly terminating stubborn background processes (Spotlight, Finder, QuickLook, terminal locks) holding onto external volumes.

Key Features:

  • Safe and clean disk unmounting using native macOS diskutil APIs.
  • Intelligent process inspection to identify what's preventing ejection.
  • Available as a macOS Universal binary (M1/M2/M3/M4 & Intel).
  • Instantly installable via Homebrew Cask or DMG.
  • Clean and modern GUI card interface plus a power-user CLI tool.