You can use the in-built AppleScript solution, as mentioned in [this thread](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/86005/shortcut-to-eject-all-external-hard-drives-but-not-mobilebackups/271261#271261) and [this page](http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/22/eject-all-mounted-volumes-command-line-mac/), by adding this to `~/.bash_profile`: ```bash alias ejectall='osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)"' ``` This will require you giving permission to Terminal to control Finder, or you will get this error: ``` execution error: Not authorised to send Apple events to Finder. (-1743) ``` If you want a pure `bash` solution, here is a function that you can call with `ejectall`. If you renamed your startup disk or have different Time Machine backups, you may need to edit the condition that filters out the drives. ```bash ejectall() { total=0 ejected=0 for v in /Volumes/*; do if [[ $v != *"Macintosh HD" && $v != *"com.apple.TimeMachine"* ]]; then echo "Ejecting $v..." diskutil eject "$v" if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then ejected=$(($ejected + 1)) fi total=$(($total + 1)) fi done if [ $total -eq 0 ]; then echo "No drives to eject" else msg="$ejected drive(s) ejected" failed=$(($total - $ejected)) if [ $failed -gt 0 ]; then msg="$msg, $failed drive(s) failed to eject" fi echo $msg fi } ``` Both methods will also work for CDs.