I have just taken delivery of a MacBook Pro 16" and updated to Tahoe OS. How do I use a mouse to eject a drive such as an external drive?
Apple seem to think it is OK to make important changes such as this without flagging it to customers.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.1
You can secondary-click on the drive icon (control-click, two finger click) and select Eject from the contextual menu.
You can also click the drive and drag it to the Trash icon in the Dock, which then changes to an Eject symbol and when you 'drop' the drive there it is ejected.
Not sure what change you think was made to the process, it works as it always has. In addition to the above methods, others are listed here:
Connect and use other storage devices with Mac - Apple Support
You might also want to check System Settings > Mouse for how you have secondary click set up.
Mouse settings on Mac - Apple Support
You can secondary-click on the drive icon (control-click, two finger click) and select Eject from the contextual menu.
You can also click the drive and drag it to the Trash icon in the Dock, which then changes to an Eject symbol and when you 'drop' the drive there it is ejected.
Not sure what change you think was made to the process, it works as it always has. In addition to the above methods, others are listed here:
Connect and use other storage devices with Mac - Apple Support
You might also want to check System Settings > Mouse for how you have secondary click set up.
Mouse settings on Mac - Apple Support
This is a follow-up to my issue. I restarted the computer and had the same issue. I tried changing my trackpad settings, and that did not fix it. Then I did a force relaunch (in the force quit applications dialog) of FINDER. That restored it to functionality.
I have no idea what happened, but it is now working for which I am thankful.
I lost the "eject" also in Tahoe 26.1
Tahoe does not allow eject external drives by right click on mouse
