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auto eject SD card
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:48 am
by maker2
When I save an .gcode file to an SD card the next thing I have to do is open a "finder" window (on the Mac) and "eject" the SD card volume, before taking it out and running over to the printer.
Frankly, this is unnecessarily laborious.
It would be nice if S3D had TWO dialogue buttons that one could choose according to ones need:
- "SAVE" - as in "save to SD card"
- "SAVE & EJECT" - as in "save to SD card and eject that SD card"
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:18 pm
by Zorgonaute84
+1
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:16 pm
by cmadson
+1
This would be a great time saver!
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 6:27 pm
by WTLgrinda
+1 for mac
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:23 am
by sstantz
For me that would just be an unnecessary cluttering of the UI. I just make sure I see the message bar tell me that the export has been completed, and then I pop the card out.
I wasn't even aware anyone "ejected" SD cards. I routinely eject USB drives, because not doing so has lead to problems in the past. But I never in my life have ejected an SD card and I have never had one problem as a result.
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:28 pm
by arhi
sstantz wrote:But I never in my life have ejected an SD card and I have never had one problem as a result.
some OS's are by default configuring cards to be "no cache" / "optimized for fast removal" (or however different OS's call it) so there's no cache and data is always written directly to card.. write's are slower and cards are not always perfectly utilized but you can pop the card out without "safe removing it" in software first. on the other hand, some other OS's still treat card media and users with respect and expect cards to be properly ejected
.. I hope you never get a problem but note that the "typical" problem in this case is - you are missing last few kilobytes of G-code in your file, so imagine a 4 hour print that finishes without last few cm's of the part ..
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:25 am
by moggb
this is good idea
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:30 am
by OsterNikolaus
its all about this little window popping up saying "disk not ejected properly".
Cura has this feature as standard. in cura theres a message showing on the bottom which says "your disk has been removed after successfully exporting ...".
mac user of course.
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:42 am
by jwilbourne
WOW yet another thread for the same thing, maybe 5.0 you'll add this
Re: auto eject SD card
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:40 pm
by Hawkeye0914
This still hasnt been added?