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TimeMachineEjector for Mac

Ejects the Time Machine backup disk when a backup finishes and mounts it again when a scheduled backup is due.

By wata. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

TimeMachineEjector at a glance

Version
1.1.0
Released
2 November 2026
Download size
3.4 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Utilities
Developer
wata
GitHub stars
5

About TimeMachineEjector

A Mac menu bar app that automatically ejects your Time Machine backup disk when a backup finishes.

Screenshots

TimeMachineEjector screenshot 1TimeMachineEjector screenshot 2

How to install TimeMachineEjector on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for TimeMachineEjector and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.1.0 from wata's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to TimeMachineEjector show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: TimeMachineEjector-1.1.0.zip (3.4 MB).

What is new in TimeMachineEjector 1.1.0

- Scheduled backups keep running while the disk is ejected: when a backup is due on Time Machine's schedule, the disk is mounted, backed up, and ejected again
- The menu shows when the latest backup was
- The menu bar icon is now a disk and gets a Time Machine badge while a backup is running, so you can tell when not to unplug it

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