How to automatically eject a memory card in OS X?

March 7, 2006 8:29 PM

Is there a way to automate ejecting a memory card with the push of a single button in OS X?

Right now, to eject a CF card I have mounted through a card reader, I hit F11 to hide all the windows, control-click on the memory card icon and go to Eject Disk. Is there some way to assign a function to an infrequently used button (like F14) to automtically eject a memory card much like there's a special button to automatically eject a CD/DVD? Sorry if the answer's blindingly obvious; I'm rather new to OS X.

posted by alidarbac to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Not quite what you are asking for but I use a little menu thingy called Ejector.

http://www.jeb.com.fr/en/ejector.shtml
posted by atom128 at 9:11 PM on March 7, 2006

Yes, you can do this. The easiest way I can think of.

1) Download Key Xing.

2) Assign the function key to the following applescript:

tell application "Finder"
eject "(name of CF volume)"
end tell

posted by helios at 9:28 PM on March 7, 2006

You shouldn't have to hide all windows just to get to the Finder.

Just click on the Finder's icon in the dock (or double-click to make sure there's a window open) and it'll come to the front. And, I don't know how your card shows up but isn't it in the sidebar on the right as a volume? So you just click its Eject button.

It's pretty hard to have a keyboard shortcut for "Eject" when there are so many different things which one might want to Eject.

But you can of course click on the item and do Apple-E.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 3:43 AM on March 8, 2006

Thanks helios. That's exactly what I was looking for.
posted by alidarbac at 3:55 AM on March 8, 2006

Also, when you click on Finder in the Dock, that will bring a Finder window to the front. Any mounted volumes will be listed in a column on the left, with an eject button beside the ones that can be ejected from your machine.
posted by emelenjr at 7:05 AM on March 8, 2006